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- noun rugby A
foul in which a player knocks the ball forward. - noun chiefly UK Resulting as an indirect effect.
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Examples
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It is not a knock-on contribution, your term knock-on contribution, from Vanbreda.
unknown title 2011
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Dropping the ball forward called a knock-on is not allowed.
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Dropping the ball forward - called a knock-on - is not allowed.
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In today's comprehensive spending review, the government is expected to announce a raft of cuts including the slashing of public sector budgets, leading to redundancies that will have a knock-on effect on the private sector and wider job losses.
Spending review 2010: what to do if redundancy looms Mark King 2010
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Such a course of action would be seen by the City as an admission that we had been wrong in our analysis and that we were worried about knock-on effects from sterling's depreciation and higher commodity prices.
King to Osborne: be patient, trust us, and keep fingers crossed 2011
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But he warned there could be a knock-on effect on Thursday when passengers arrive on alternative flights and there are forecasts of high winds.
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Scott Stanley, Gatwick Airport Chief Operating Officer said: We have just got through our first busy peak with no disruption to the inbound flights and no knock-on effect to the outbound flights.
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Cuts in housing benefit will lead to a rise in homelessness and an inevitable knock-on effect on health services
How local government cuts will damage the NHS Diane Abbott 2010
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Or it did, until he got Shane Jennings's head into his face after the tackle.4 min: Jonathan Sexton misses his kick, as is the current World Cup vogue.3 min: A knock-on in the lineout leads to an Irish put-in at the first lineout.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland v USA - live! | Tom Bryant 2011
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Phone company logs show that Milly last accessed her voicemail on Wednesday 20 March, so the deletion on Sunday cannot have been the knock-on effect of Milly listening to her messages.
Police logs raise questions over deletion of Milly Dowler voicemails 2011
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