"on the slide" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 280:",
          "text": "Yvonne was on the slide.",
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        "in decline"
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  "word": "on the slide"
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  "word": "on the slide"
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