knock-on effect

      English

      Etymology

      knock-on + effect

      Noun

      knock-on effect (plural knock-on effects)

      1. (UK) The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.
      2. (UK) A secondary, often unintended effect.
        If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station.
        • 2007, March 24th, The Economist magazine, page 51:
          There are various knock-on effects [to the international boycott of the Palestinian government]. PA [Palestinian Authority] services, particularly health and education, have deteriorated sharply because of supply shortages and strikes by workers. Much of the time hospitals have been seeing only emergency cases.

      Translations

      dieseling
      secondary, indirect effect
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