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snowball effect

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  • noun An accelerating growth of magnitude, including fame, fortune, importance, or danger.

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By analogy with the way a snowball collects the more snow in one turn the larger it is, as it rolls down a hillside.

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cross-references (3)

Cross-references

  1. domino effect
  2. exponential growth
  3. slippery slope

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