one word leads to another in English

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          "text": "One word led to another and all of a sudden they were threatening each other with divorce.",
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        "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."
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        "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."
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"one word leads to another" meaning in English

Phrase