"worse and worse" meaning in English

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Phrase

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  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: go from bad to worse Translations (Translations): yhä huonommin (Finnish), de pire en pire (French), de mal en pis (French), coraz gorzej (Polish)
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