Collocations for slippery slope - noun
ADJECTIVE
very
dangerous
proverbial
He was on the proverbial slippery slope to bankruptcy.
dangerous
proverbial
He was on the proverbial slippery slope to bankruptcy.
VERB + slippery slope
go down,
head down,
slide down
This nation is sliding further down the slippery slope of repression.
This nation is sliding further down the slippery slope of repression.
lead sb down,
take sb down
be on
be on
SLIPPERY-SLOPE + NOUN
argument
The slippery-slope argument can be used against anything.
The slippery-slope argument can be used against anything.
PREPOSITION
slippery slope of
the slippery slope of moral relativism
the slippery slope of moral relativism
slippery slope to
a slippery slope to divorce
a slippery slope to divorce
slippery slope towards/toward
PHRASES
be the start of a slippery slope,
be the top of a slippery slope
This is just the start of a slippery slope that ends with dictatorship.
This is just the start of a slippery slope that ends with dictatorship.