Slippery-slope meaning

(idiomatic) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.

I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble.

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A tricky precarious situation, especially one that leads gradually but inexorably to disaster.
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A course or situation regarded as easily or inevitably leading to further decline or deterioration.
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An argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion.
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Slippery-slope Sentence Examples

  • Once the matter becomes one of preventative detention, an alarming slippery slope looms.

  • There we go again down the slippery slope of racial profiling.

  • Scotland has started on the slippery slope toward tuition fees.

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