SLIPPERY SLOPE


Meaning of SLIPPERY SLOPE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ very

▪ dangerous

▪ proverbial

He was on the proverbial ~ to bankruptcy.

VERB + SLIPPERY SLOPE

▪ go down , head down , slide down

This nation is sliding further down the ~ of repression.

▪ lead sb down , take sb down

▪ be on

SLIPPERY-SLOPE + NOUN

▪ argument

The slippery-slope argument can be used against anything.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

the ~ of moral relativism

▪ ~ to

a ~ to divorce

▪ ~ towards/toward

PHRASES

▪ be the start of a ~ , be the top of a ~

This is just the start of a ~ that ends with dictatorship.

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