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domino effect

American  

noun

domino effects plural

  1. the cumulative effect that results when one event precipitates a series of like events.

domino effect British  

noun

  1. a series of similar or related events occurring as a direct and inevitable result of one initial event

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Origin of domino effect

First recorded in 1965–70

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