"one thing led to another" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} one thing led to another
  1. From one event, a series of insignificant steps resulted in another event. Translations (Translations): yksi asia johti toiseen (Finnish), de fil en aiguille (French), da cosa nasce cosa (Italian), po nitce do kłębka (Polish)

Inflected forms

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