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one word leads to another

one word leads to another phrase: 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.

Phrase

one word leads to another

  1. 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.
    • One word led to another and all of a sudden they were threatening each other with divorce.

Questions about one word leads to another

What does one word leads to another mean?
One word leads to another means 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.
What part of speech is one word leads to another?
One word leads to another is a phrase.

Words near one word leads to another in the dictionary

  1. one weird trick
  2. one who hesitates is lost
  3. one will know the reason why
  4. one with another
  5. one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
  6. one word leads to another
  7. one'd
  8. one's
  9. one's ass is dragging
  10. one's ass is grass
  11. one's back is up

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