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slippery slope

noun

  1. a dangerous and irreversible course.

    the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of slippery slope1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Idioms and Phrases

A dangerous course, one that leads easily to catastrophe, as in He's on a slippery slope, compromising his values to please both the bosses and the union. This metaphoric expression alludes to traversing a slick hillside, in constant danger of falling. [Mid-1900s]
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For some believers, however, the calls for “spiritual warfare” may become a slippery slope into justification for violence, as in the case of the alleged Minnesota shooter.

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That could be a slippery slope, one that would make the world’s game less local and more global.

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Nazi architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg later pushed Nordau’s theory of degeneration further down the slippery slope, arguing that it was not social conditioning that produced such despicable degenerates, but race, and in particular race-mixing.

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Once one group is targeted or fundamental rights are taken away, then it is a slippery slope.

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“I always caution people about leaning on travel credit cards that get a lot of press in order to finance these large trips because interest on credit cards are exorbitant and can be a slippery slope that is hard to get out of,” she noted.

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