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go downhill

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Australia/ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/

go downhill verb: to worsen or degenerate.

Verb

go downhill (third-person singular simple present goes downhill, present participle going downhill, simple past went downhill, past participle gone downhill)

  1. (idiomatic) To worsen or degenerate.
    • I usually run fast enough, but my speed goes downhill when I don't sleep enough.
    • For many years, UK food had a terrible reputation. Then, in the 1990s, gastropubs brought new flavours, energy and ideas. When and why did it all start to go downhill again?2025 August 5, Steve Rose, “‘A yorkshire pudding like a dishcloth’: how did British pub food get so grim?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

go downhill meaning in Vietnamese

go downhill in Vietnamese

worsen, degenerate
xuống dốc

Synonyms of go downhill

Forms of go downhill

third-person singular presentgoes downhill
present participlegoing downhill
pastwent downhill
past participlegone downhill

Questions about go downhill

What does go downhill mean?
Go downhill means to worsen or degenerate.
What is go downhill in Vietnamese?
Go downhill in Vietnamese is xuống dốc. See Go downhill meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is go downhill?
Go downhill is a verb.
How do you pronounce go downhill?
Go downhill is pronounced /ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/ (Australia).
What is the past tense of go downhill?
The past tense of go downhill is went downhill.

Words near go downhill in the dictionary

  1. go down the tubes
  2. go down the wrong pipe
  3. go down the wrong throat
  4. go down the wrong way
  5. go down with
  6. go downhill
  7. go downtown
  8. go Dutch
  9. go easy
  10. go equipped
  11. go ER

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