Usually means: Start of a worse situation.
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  1. the thin end of the wedge: Merriam-Webster
  2. thin end of the wedge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. thin end of the wedge: Collins English Dictionary
  4. the thin end of the wedge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. thin end of the wedge: Wiktionary

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  1. the thin end of the wedge: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (thin end of the wedge)

noun:  (idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.

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