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downhill

DEFINITIONS OF: downhill

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n the downward slope of a hill

Type of:
declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
a downward slope or bend

n a ski race down a trail

Type of:
ski race, skiing race
a race between people wearing skis

adj sloping down rather steeply

Synonyms:
declivitous, downward-sloping
descending
coming down or downward

adv toward the bottom of a hill

“running downhill, he gained a lot of speed”

adv toward a lower or inferior state

“your performance has been going downhill for a long time now”
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