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domino effect

dom·i·no ef·fect


noun 
Definition:
 
series of related events: an inevitable succession of related and usually undesirable events, each caused by the preceding one.
See also  domino theory


[Because dominoes set up in a row fall in sequence once the first has fallen]
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