"go downhill" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-go downhill.ogg Forms: goes downhill [present, singular, third-person], going downhill [participle, present], went downhill [past], gone downhill [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> downhill}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go to pot, go to the dogs, go to shit [vulgar], go pear-shaped Translations (worsen, degenerate): anar en orri (Catalan), mennä huonompaan suuntaan (Finnish), psuć się [imperfective] (Polish), zepsuć się [perfective] (Polish), pogarszać sie [imperfective] (Polish), pogarszyć sie [perfective] (Polish), rach bhuaithe (Scottish Gaelic), xuống dốc (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To worsen or degenerate."
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          "word": "go to the dogs"
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        },
        {
          "word": "go pear-shaped"
        }
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
          "word": "anar en orri"
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          "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
          "word": "mennä huonompaan suuntaan"
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          "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
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          "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
          "word": "rach bhuaithe"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
          "word": "xuống dốc"
        }
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      "word": "go to pot"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to the dogs"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "go to shit"
    },
    {
      "word": "go pear-shaped"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "word": "anar en orri"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "word": "mennä huonompaan suuntaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "psuć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zepsuć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pogarszać sie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pogarszyć sie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "word": "rach bhuaithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "worsen, degenerate",
      "word": "xuống dốc"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go downhill"
}

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