galloping domino
- noun
- Informal
:
efecto dominó
- When the first order was delayed, a galloping domino quickly impacted the entire supply chain.
Examples
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Poor communication led to a galloping domino of misunderstandings and project setbacks.
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The technical failure caused a galloping domino that affected every department in the company.
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The project faced a galloping domino effect after the first delay.
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After the initial mistake, a galloping domino of issues arose.
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Poor communication led to a galloping domino of misunderstandings and project setbacks.
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When the first order was delayed, a galloping domino quickly impacted the entire supply chain.
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The technical failure caused a galloping domino that affected every department in the company.
Synonyms
9
4.0
A chain of events in which one event causes the next to happen
2
4.2
A situation where something gets bigger quickly and becomes hard to stop
How Fast
36
5.1
- Informal
2
4.2
- Specialized
1
4.1
9
4.0
23
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
gallop + domino
The adjective 'galloping' clearly conveys rapidity, and 'domino' can evoke the familiar 'domino effect' chain-reaction metaphor, so a learner who recognizes both senses could infer 'a rapidly escalating series of consequences.' However, 'domino' as shorthand for 'domino effect' is somewhat idiomatic and the collocation 'galloping domino' is non‑standard, so the exact sense is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Galloping domino may come from the image of a row of domino tiles that, once one is knocked over, fall faster and faster like a galloping horse. So, it means 'a quickly growing chain of problems'.