slide into chaos

Frequency: 6.57.4 per million words

To move into a state of chaos smoothly and often unstoppably.

chaosVERB + chaos

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Examples (10)

  • The country is sliding into economic chaos.
  • Without a clear leader, the party began to slide into chaos.
  • After the power outage, the festival quickly slid into chaos.
  • Analysts warned that the company would slide into chaos if it didn't secure new funding.
  • The project management was so poor that the entire team seemed to be sliding into chaos.
  • Historians note that the empire began to slide into chaos long before its final collapse.
  • If we don't address these social issues now, society could slide into chaos.
  • After losing his job and his house, his life started to slide into complete chaos.
  • Did the nation really slide into chaos so quickly after the revolution?
  • We have watched the region slowly slide into chaos over the past decade.