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Definition of downhill adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

downhill

adjective
 
/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/
 
/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/
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  1. going or sloping towards the bottom of a hill
    • a downhill path
    opposite uphill
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownhill is used with these nouns:
    • gradient
    • skiing
    • slide
    See full entry
Idioms
be (all) downhill | be downhill all the way (informal)
  1. to be easy compared with what came before
    • It's all downhill from here. We'll soon be finished.
  2. to become worse or less successful
    • It's been all downhill for his career since then, with four defeats in five games.
    • I started work as a journalist and it was downhill all the way for my health.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
See downhill in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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