Consult this page to find suggested English equivalents for "faire boule de neige."
catch on fire, gather momentum, grow rapidly, have a ripple effect, have a snowball effect, snowball, spread like wildfire
- l’idée a fait boule de neige / the idea caught on fire
- la campagne de publicité a fait boule de neige / the advertising campaign gathered momentum
- le soutien à notre cause fait boule de neige / support for our cause is growing rapidly
- cela pourrait faire un effet boule de neige / this could have a ripple (snowball) effect
- démontrer comment une mauvaise décision peut faire boule de neige / show how a bad decision can snowball
- les nouvelles ont fait boule de neige / the news spread like wildfire
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