knock-on

British  

adjective

1. resulting inevitably but indirectly from another event or circumstance

   the works closed with the direct loss of 3000 jobs and many more from the knock-on effect on the area

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noun

1. rugby the infringement of playing the ball forward with the hand or arm

verb

1. rugby to play (the ball) forward with the hand or arm

Example Sentences

Despite losing Lynagh for 10 minutes after a deliberate knock-on, a fired-up Italian defence coughed up just five points to a sputtering Irish attack before Garbisi's penalty brought the visitors to within two points after 20 minutes.

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Hurting from last week's thumping defeat by France in Paris, Ireland took the lead through Jamie Osborne's unconverted try after Italy wing Louis Lynagh's yellow card for a deliberate knock-on.

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With a knock-on effect of adding to pressure on health and social care services, finding ways to help people shift their recovery from hospital to their own homes can be vital.

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Players' decisions at international level also have a knock-on effect on their club careers.

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Prof Helen Rees, founder and executive director of Wits RHI, one of the world's leading HIV research institutes, says "the impact of the cuts was profound, because it was so sudden" and fears the knock-on effects.

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