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

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knock-on

Back came Exeter, now two men to the good after Thomas was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on, as Jack Yeandle burrowed over and Stephen Varney touched down under the posts.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The spike in fuel prices and its knock-on effects on inflation and interest rates had threatened to spoil the gains tied to AI investments in global markets this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In terms of the knock-on impact the high costs are having on her own family, Jeffers said she has had to rethink whether to send her children to after school activities.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The underlying issue causing Monday's disruption has since been resolved, with Nats saying it was running at "full capacity" although officials warned of knock-on effects.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

In these last two chapters we have been looking at the ways in which intellectual change has knock-on consequences.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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