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Downward-leading course
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slippery slope
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n. 1 (context idiomatic English) A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious. 2 An argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion.
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Slippery Slope is a 2006 independent film starring Kelly Hutchinson.
Usage examples of slippery slope.
Limping on my bruised knee and swearing quite a bit, I made my way down the slippery slope to the edge of the stream.
About five in the morning, as they were climbing up the steep valley head above the gorge, a treacherous, slippery slope with only a few stunted carob trees for anchor in the sliding scree, Mallory decided that they must rope up for safety's sake.
The Event had sent thousands back through time, but every one of them still slid down the slippery slope of entropy at a minute per minute on their own personal world-line.
WANDERING down the path of doubt was a slippery slope that always ended in the mire.
Doggins was now within a few feet of the water, and seemed to be moving of his own accord, as if sliding gently down a slippery slope.
Wojtowicz wondered what the kid thought he could do: maybe, he guessed, brace himself and offer a hand to steady Doc when he jumped down onto the slippery slope.
Her teeth were chattering when she struggled back up the slippery slope, watching the overcast sky grow imperceptibly lighter beyond the ridge to the east.
Mike was able to give an immediate demonstration of the problems of climbing a slippery slope.
The ponies picked their delicate sure-footed way down the steep and slippery slope.