slippery slope
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slippery slope

noun

Definition of SLIPPERY SLOPE

: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences

Examples of SLIPPERY SLOPE

  1. His behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.

First Known Use of SLIPPERY SLOPE

1951

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