(~s)
If an event or action has a ~, it causes several other events to happen one after the other.
Delayed flights have a ~. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.
= knock-on effect
N-COUNT
(~s)
If an event or action has a ~, it causes several other events to happen one after the other.
Delayed flights have a ~. Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.
= knock-on effect
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012