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gone downhill

gone downhill is the past participle 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 gone downhill

What is gone downhill the past participle of?
Gone downhill is the past participle of go downhill.

Words near gone downhill in the dictionary

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

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