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going downhill

going downhill is the present participle and gerund of go downhill.

Meaning of go downhill

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.

Questions about going downhill

What is going downhill the present participle and gerund of?
Going downhill is the present participle and gerund of go downhill.

Words near going downhill in the dictionary

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

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