slippery slope
noun
: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences
Examples of slippery slope in a Sentence
His behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.
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Saudi Arabia has also made inroads in football, boxing and golf, and former world No. 1 John McEnroe has called it a slippery slope for tennis.
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Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Spiritual practices and beliefs can be a slippery slope for folks with magical thinking OCD.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
Rhaenyra Targaryen: 6 points The business of war is a slippery slope and Rhaenyra is going wheeeeeee all the way down it.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
Voters should not head down that slippery slope of retribution.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Spiritual practices and beliefs can be a slippery slope for folks with magical thinking OCD.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Oct. 2024
Rhaenyra Targaryen: 6 points The business of war is a slippery slope and Rhaenyra is going wheeeeeee all the way down it.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
Voters should not head down that slippery slope of retribution.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Slippery slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slippery%20slope. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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