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Definition of knock-on in English English dictionary
- A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward
- (Rugby) an act of knocking on
- A secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect
- If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other. The cut in new car prices has had a knock-on effect on the price of used cars. have a knock-on effect (on sth) to start a process in which everything that happens causes something else to happen
- (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)