knock-on_effect (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *knock-on effect*:
NOUN	phenomenon	knock-on effect	a secondary or incidental effect

English > *knock-on effect*: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning	A secondary or incidental effect.
Region	United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain	A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broader	consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot	A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Spanish	efecto secundario

HyperDic: knock-on_effect