"one thing led to another" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} one thing led to another
  1. From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event.
    Sense id: en-one_thing_led_to_another-en-phrase-UDbQ8yoP
  2. From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event.
    (understatement) Things got out of hand.
    Translations (Translations): yksi asia johti toiseen (Finnish), de fil en aiguille (French), da cosa nasce cosa (Italian), po nitce do kłębka (Polish)
    Sense id: en-one_thing_led_to_another-en-phrase-anm6VFq1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English sentences, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 23 77 Disambiguation of English sentences: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: boiling frog, escalation, juggernaut, snowball [verb]

Inflected forms

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