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Meaning of one word leads to another | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Said of a conversation which suddenly develops in a way that was not planned or anticipated by any of the people involved, sometimes in a positive context, but especially of an escalating argument.

Examples

“One word led to another and all of a sudden they were threatening each other with divorce.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

one's ass is grass one's back is up one's bark is worse than one's bite one's belly thinks one's throat has been cut one's blood is up one's blood runs cold

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