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domino effect
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domino
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effect
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domino effect
Pushing a single domino in a line causes all the dominoes in front of it to fall. This is where the
domino effect
gets its name from.
A
domino effect
is when one event causes a long series of other things to occur.
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butterfly effect
demonstration effect
ripple effect
slippery slope
snowball effect
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