backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
will backslide
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future tenseof backslide.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“You fear that lacking the stimulus, lacking seeing the faces, lacking the experience, she will backslide and she will lose awareness,” Mr. Jacoby, 72, said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Barring a new, completely unforeseen development, experts do not anticipate California will backslide to any degree similar to the state’s previous three pandemic surges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2021
Unless he is in some way awakened, he will backslide.
From How to Live a Holy Life by Charles Ebert Orr
