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• Used to suggest that the exact sequence of events is too obvious to need recounting.

  ‘he offered me a lift home one night and one thing led to another’

  More example sentences

  • ‘And one thing leads to another and then pretty soon, both people are in this violent dilemma.’
  • ‘Anyway it's also fun to see how one thing leads to another.’
  • ‘But one thing leads to another, as smokers, dieters and alcoholics all know only too well.’
  • ‘And one thing leads to another and on and on it goes.’
  • ‘Like so many things in life, one thing leads to another.’