Example sentences from the Web for knock-on

More likely, investors realise the ‘knock-on’ effects from a Cypriot default are literally incalculable.
Cyprus is Imploding, So Why Aren't Markets Freaking Out?|Megan McArdle|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And that, of course, would have had a knock-on effect in the private sector.
Two Important New Studies: Spending = Jobs|Michael Tomasky|July 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And the knock-on effect is thoroughly shaking the Digg offices.
Facebook's Bully Strategy|Joshua Robinson|June 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Africa may have escaped the initial shock of the global financial crisis, but it is not being spared from its knock-on effects.
Africa's Surprise Success Story|Tony Blair|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST

knock-on

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adjective

resulting inevitably but indirectly from another event or circumstancethe works closed with the direct loss of 3000 jobs and many more from the knock-on effect on the area

noun

rugby the infringement of playing the ball forward with the hand or arm

verb knock on (adverb)

rugby to play (the ball) forward with the hand or arm

Words nearby knock-on

knocking-shop, knock into a cocked hat, knock it off, knock-knee, knockoff, knock-on, knock-on effect, knock oneself out, knock on wood, knockout, knockout drops

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