slippery slope
noun
a dangerous and irreversible course.
slippery slopes
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pluralof slippery slope.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For the next 38 rounds, the league will be littered with booby traps, slippery slopes, and brutal dismissals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This is about mocking the obvious implications of creating a carveout from antidiscrimination laws with fatuous slippery slopes and petty humor.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2022
As for slippery slopes, both vaccine uptake and eligibility are clearly documented in patients’ medical records.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
And without necessarily incurring the risk of slippery slopes, we can ban – or even empower the state to do so.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2020
Negotiating optimistically the steep, slippery slopes of life.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
