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slippery slope
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slippery slope
(noun)
slippery slope
noun
slippery slope
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SLIPPERY SLOPE
[
singular
]
:
a process or series of events that is hard to stop or control once it has begun and that usually leads to worse or more difficult things
His behavior will lead him down a
slippery slope
to ruin.
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