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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Individualized celebration in the game has always been a slippery slope, one that has led to loogies on live broadcasts.
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Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
No doubt, these groups recognize the slippery slope that would open up if the government can simply deny constitutional rights to individuals based on broad and unjustified discrimination based on identity.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The recent rash of CEOs Gone Wild is arguably even stupider than commonplace fraud, and a troubling sign that there continues to be a slippery slope of accountability for C-Suite leadership.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Fox News pundits such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity portrayed Let’s Move as a nanny-state plot to control the American diet, a slippery slope to the criminalization of french fries.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
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Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
No doubt, these groups recognize the slippery slope that would open up if the government can simply deny constitutional rights to individuals based on broad and unjustified discrimination based on identity.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
The recent rash of CEOs Gone Wild is arguably even stupider than commonplace fraud, and a troubling sign that there continues to be a slippery slope of accountability for C-Suite leadership.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Fox News pundits such as Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity portrayed Let’s Move as a nanny-state plot to control the American diet, a slippery slope to the criminalization of french fries.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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