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downhill Definition

down·hill (-hil′)

adverb

  1. toward the bottom of a hill
  2. to a poorer condition, status, etc.

adjective

  1. sloping or going downward
  2. without difficulty; easy
  3. of or having to do with skiing downhill or, specif., the downhill ()

noun

  1. Obsolete descent (sense )
  2. Skiing a timed downhill race on a very long, steep course with wide gates

downhill Idioms

go downhill

to decline or deteriorate

downhill Quotes

God, in his view, had created a perfect world if the book of Genesis was to be believed and it had been going downhill ever since.

—Sharpe,Tom (Thomas Ridley)

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