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slippery slope
noun as in domino effect
noun as in primrose path
Weak matches
noun as in ripple effect
Example Sentences
Changing the messaging on safe sleep would be a “slippery slope,” said Deanne Tilton Durfee, executive director of the Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, which runs L.A.
The tax proposal, said campaign strategist Dan Newman, “opens up a can of worms sliding down a slippery slope by taxing cars, houses, wheelbarrows and everything else.”
California Republicans have called the effort misguided, arguing that the retaliatory response creates a slippery slope that would erode the independent redistricting process California voters have chosen twice at the ballot box.
So Roz carefully picked her way up the slippery slope, while Brightbill fluttered along beside her.
While the contents of the agreements weren’t egregious, I, and many others, were worried to see them signed: Accepting government influence in academic institutions is a slippery slope.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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