the domino effect

noun [singular]

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› the situation in which one event causes a series of related events, one following another: The collapse of a bank could have a drastic domino effect on other financial institutions.

(Definition of the domino effect noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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