English Explanatory Dictionary

thin end of the wedge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.

Pronunciation

En-au-thin end of the wedge.ogg

Word forms

thin end of the wedge the thin end of the wedge small end of the wedge thin edge of the wedge

Related words

give them an inch and they'll take a mile

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