GO DOWNHILL meaning: Deteriorate or worsen in quality, condition - OneLook

Usually means: Deteriorate, worsen in quality, performance.

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go downhill: Collins English Dictionary
go downhill: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
go downhill: Wiktionary
go downhill: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (go downhill)

▸ verb: (idiomatic) To worsen or degenerate.

Similar:

go backwards, take a turn for the worse, go south, deteriorate, go down the toilet, decline, dwindle, degrade, disimprove, go down the tubes, more...

Opposite:

improve, get better, progress, advance

Phrases:

place to go downhill fast, go downhill fast, more...

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Similar:

go backwards, take a turn for the worse, go south, deteriorate, go down the toilet, decline, dwindle, degrade, disimprove, go down the tubes, more...

Opposite:

improve, get better, progress, advance

Phrases:

place to go downhill fast, go downhill fast, more...

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