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went downhill

went downhill is the simple past 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 went downhill

What is went downhill the simple past of?
Went downhill is the simple past of go downhill.

Words near went downhill in the dictionary

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

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