A secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect.
a decline in butterflies would have a knock-on effect on other British species
Example sentencesExamples
- The knock-on effect of the return of the archaeologists will be a more secure environment for these antiquities.
- The plight of the reinsurers will have a knock-on effect on insurance markets everywhere.
- The staff shortages have a number of knock-on effects.
- The lenders' reluctance could have a knock-on effect throughout the economy.
- A devaluation of the yen seems inevitable, with knock-on effects on all its trading partners.