slippery slope
noun
: a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences
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His behavior will lead him down a slippery slope to ruin.
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 26 July 2025
Another qualm is that there is a likely slippery slope involved.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
For pro leagues to be affiliated with gambling enterprises is a slippery slope to begin with.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 26 July 2025
Another qualm is that there is a likely slippery slope involved.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
For pro leagues to be affiliated with gambling enterprises is a slippery slope to begin with.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
More Justine Willard/Athletics/Getty Images Trading Miller is a very slippery slope.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for slippery slope
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“Slippery slope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slippery%20slope. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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