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on the slide

on the slide prepositional phrase: in decline.

Prepositional phrase

  1. in decline
    • The L-shaped shopping parade, which had once wooed custom away from the small shops down the hill, was on the slide, left stranded by changes in consumer habits.2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
    • Yvonne was on the slide.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 280

Questions about on the slide

What does on the slide mean?
On the slide means in decline.
What part of speech is on the slide?
On the slide is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the slide in the dictionary

  1. on the sick
  2. on the side
  3. on the side of the angels
  4. on the skew
  5. on the skids
  6. on the slide
  7. on the sly
  8. on the sniff
  9. on the spectrum
  10. on the spin
  11. on the spot

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