knock-on effects
Downstream results occur
Knock-on effects are secondary consequences that follow from an initial event, each triggering the next like dominoes falling.
The term comes from rugby, where a knock-on is an illegal forward fumble that stops play.
In general use, it describes how one change ripples outward: Rising oil prices have knock-on effects throughout the economy.
The singular knock-on effect is equally common.
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- repercussionsIndirect results of actions
- ramificationsResulting effects or outcomes
- down the lineIn the future
- interdependenceReciprocal reliance between entities
tipping point · impacts · feedback loop · amplification · aftermath · chain reaction · emergent behavior · trickle down · triggers · propagation · systemic risk · interconnectedness · social change · blowback · spillover · vicious cycle · cascade · economy
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, outcome
knock-on effectsprimary effects
Direct outcomes of cause
root cause · primary cause · direct cause · triggering event
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