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Meanings of go downhill in English

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Usage of go downhill in English
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When the gloves went on, it all started to go downhill fast.
The Irish Times
2
Not so long afterwards, it looked like things would only go downhill.
BBC
3
As soon as you say that, you start to go downhill.
The Guardian
4
The best men all left us, and the show began to go downhill.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
5
When things go downhill, his nephew is involved in many of the situations.
Ebony
6
We did a good job pursuing instead of just letting him go downhill.
Reuters
7
The room's neatness felt precarious, though; it could only go downhill from here.
Touching darkness
8
Usually with Jessica, explaining things just seemed to make an argument go downhill.
Blue noon
9
It could only go downhill from here, so I pointed at her ring.
The President's Assassin
10
They will charge up as they go if you go downhill.
BBC
11
Don't you remember how we had to go downhill to reach the sunless sea?
The silver chair
12
However, there's nothing to hold onto as we go downhill.
The Irish Times
13
Longford's decent start to the year is about to go downhill in a hurry.
The Irish Times
14
Things started to go downhill after the birth of our daughter, Faith, now eight.
News.com.au
15
I had a better view of it now we were starting to go downhill.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
16
She'll go downhill fast if you move away, said Anna.
Still alice
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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