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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knock on; Knock-on (disambiguation); Knock On

knock on         
1. informal grow old.
2. (also knock the ball on) Rugby illegally drive the ball with the hand or arm towards the opponents' goal line.
knock-on         
¦ noun
1. chiefly Brit. a secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect.
2. Rugby an act of knocking on.
knock-on         
If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other. (BRIT)
The cut in new car prices has had a knock-on effect on the price of used cars.
ADJ: ADJ n

Wikipedia

Knock-on

Knock-on may refer to:

  • Rugby terminology:
    • Knock-on (rugby league), error by the player in possession of the ball in rugby league football
    • Knock-on (rugby union), event where the ball is knocked forward in rugby union
  • Causality-related terms:
    • Knock-on electron
    • Knock-on effect
Examples of use of knock on
1. Knock–on effects "The current allowances are not enough.
2. "I will knock on doors in my neighborhood," reads another.
3. "SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION" Other airlines faced knock–on disruption.
4. And that would have knock–on effects everywhere else.
5. The balance of Nature is being upset and the knock–on effect may be devastating.