mediate cause
noun
A cause which operates not directly but by means of an intermediate agency; a cause which underlies or gives rise to other (more apparent) causes.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Bacon (1561–1626), lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher.
- get the bird
- get the boot
- get the hang of
- get the lead out
- get the message
- get the nod
- get the picture
- get the start of
- get through
- getting on for
- get to
- get together
- get to sleep
- get to the bottom of
- get-tough
- Getty, Jean Paul
- Gettysburg Address
- Gettysburg, Battle of
- get under someone's skin
- get untracked
- get up
- get-up-and-go
- get up (or pick up) steam
- get up someone's nose
- get up to