downhill

adverb/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/

Frequency rank: #6,349 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

toward a worse condition; in a declining direction.

Illustration for the English word “downhill”

Example sentence

After the company lost its biggest client, things went downhill very quickly.

Synonyms & related words

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