go downhill

Idioms  

1. Deteriorate, worsen, as in Ever since the recession began, the business has been going downhill. The figurative use of downhill for “decline” dates from the mid-1800s. Also see downhill all the way.

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Example Sentences

“Obviously, if thoughts creep into your head — it’s impossible for them not to — but really just trying to focus on, like, the task at hand and the game later that night, and leave everything out, because if I start focusing on that, and start pressing or, likem get angry or any of that stuff, my play is just going to go downhill. So, just trying to keep a clear head and focus on what I can do.”

From Los Angeles Times

"For me it is really stressful and if something happens to me or I go downhill, what do we do?"

From BBC

Economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic and there could still be an opportunity for Pheu Thai in future "if the economy continues to go downhill", Chambers said.

From Barron's

Lynette from Swindon first started shopping at Asda more than 20 years ago, but says it began to go "downhill" really quickly — "you could see it in the supermarket, half the tills were closed, shelves were empty."

From BBC

"It's terrible when you see patients go downhill in hospital when you know they would be better off somewhere else," says Laura Hichens, a nurse who leads the "discharge liaison" team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.

From BBC

Related Words

• decrease
• depreciate
• deteriorate
• diminish
• drop
• dwindle
• fail
• fall
• lower
• recede
• return
• sag
• shrink
• sink
• slide
• wane
• weaken
• worsen