one thing leads to another
Definition
› If one thing leads to another, there is a series of events in which each event was caused by the previous one: At first, we were just dancing together, but one thing led to another, and I ended up in bed with him.Causing things to happen
(Definition of one thing leads to another from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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one pronoun (ANY PERSON)
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one pronoun (COMPARISON)
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one pronoun (I/ME)
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one step forward, two steps back idiom
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one swallow doesn't make a summer idiom
- one thing leads to another idiom
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one too many idiom
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one way or another idiom
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one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go. idiom
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one-armed bandit noun
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one-dimensional adjective (BORING)
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Synonyms and related words:
- -ization suffix
- -ize suffix
- agent noun (CAUSE)
- awaken (sth) in sb phrasal verb
- be associated with sth phrasal verb
- beget verb
- blaze a trail idiom
- factor noun (FACT)
- fuel noun
- instigate verb
- instigator noun
- introduce verb (PUT INTO USE)
- plant verb (PUT)
- produce verb (CAUSE)
- produce verb (RESULT IN)
- sure adjective
- the domino effect noun
- usher sth in phrasal verb
- wreak verb
- wrought verb
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