What does collateral damage mean? My friend said the weekly group dinners stopped because of that.

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My friend said the weekly group dinners stopped because one couple got divorced and the group dinners were collateral damage. What does he mean by this? Google answers aren’t clear.

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Another comment explains it perfectly but here’s my take.

Imagine you’re playing with a toy car and accidentally knock over a glass of juice. You didn’t mean to spill the juice; you were just playing with your car. The spilled juice is like collateral damage—it’s something that got messed up by accident when you were trying to do something else.

The divorced couple don’t mean to ruin the dinners, they just wanted freedom.

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