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downhill
adjective
adverb
noun
Sloping down rather steeply
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adjective
Sloping down rather steeply
adverb
Toward the bottom of a hill
“Running downhill, he gained a lot of speed”
adverb
Toward a lower or inferior state
“Your performance has been going downhill for a long time now”
noun
A ski race down a trail
noun
The downward slope of a hill
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Running downhill, he gained a lot of speed
Your performance has been going downhill for a long time now
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