knock-on effect

knock-on effect
a) The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.

If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station.

b) A secondary, often unintended effect.

There are various [to the international boycott of the Palestinian government]. PA [Palestinian Authority] services, particularly health and education, have deteriorated sharply because of supply shortages and strikes by workers. Much of the time hospitals have been seeing only emergency cases.


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  • knock-on effect — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ a secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect …   English terms dictionary

  • knock-on effect — [näk′än΄] n. Chiefly Brit. a subsidiary or indirect effect …   English World dictionary

  • knock-on effect — noun a secondary or incidental effect • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock-on effect — / nɒk ɒn ɪˌfekt/ noun the effect which an action will have on other situations ● The strike by customs officers has had a knock on effect on car production by slowing down exports of cars …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • knock-on effect — /nok on , awn /, Chiefly Brit. a chain reaction. [adj. use of v. phrase knock on] * * * …   Universalium

  • knock-on effect — chain reaction, series of reactions in which each is directly caused by the one before it (British) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • knock-on — adj BrE have a knock on effect (on sth) to start a process in which everything that happens causes something else to happen ▪ These price rises will have a knock on effect on the economy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Knock-on — may refer to: *Knock on electron *Knock on (rugby) *Knock on effect …   Wikipedia

  • knock-on — UK US /ˌnɒkˈɒn/ adjective [only before noun] ► causing other events or situations to happen, although not directly: »High petrol prices could be having a knock on effect among manufacturers. »knock on benefits/consequences …   Financial and business terms

  • knock-on — knock ,on adjective BRITISH a knock on effect is the indirect result of something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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