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

Rewards credit cards have drawn criticism from consumer advocates and lawmakers over the high fees merchants must pay to accept them—and the knock-on effect that has on prices, even for shoppers who pay in cash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: The decision in Slaughter will have knock-on effects that most people probably haven’t even begun to contemplate.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Energy knock-on effects rarely arrive all at once," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

San Francisco’s surging tech industry, which is getting a burst of new business around artificial intelligence, may even have a knock-on effect on Los Angeles-area real estate, Haze said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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