knock-on effect

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With a knock-on effect of adding to pressure on health and social care services, finding ways to help people shift their recovery from hospital to their own homes can be vital.

From BBC

Players' decisions at international level also have a knock-on effect on their club careers.

From BBC

How management answers the question in its coming financial reports, and how the market responds, could have knock-on effects.

From The Wall Street Journal

Terminals in the west Mediterranean have stopped operations with no clear indication of when operations can start again, which is having a knock-on effect to cargo heading to and from northern Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

But this donation could have another knock-on effect: encouraging athletes to stick around.

From The Wall Street Journal