DOWNHILL


Meaning of DOWNHILL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ daʊnhɪl ]

1.

If something or someone is moving downhill or is downhill , they are moving down a slope or are located towards the bottom of a hill.

He headed downhill towards the river...

≠ uphill

ADV : ADV after v , be ADV , ADV from n

Downhill is also an adjective.

...downhill ski runs...

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If you say that something is going downhill , you mean that it is becoming worse or less successful.

Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill...

ADV : ADV after v , be ADV

3.

If you say that a task or situation is downhill after a particular stage or time, you mean that it is easy to deal with after that stage or time.

Well, I guess it’s all downhill from here.

≠ uphill

ADJ : v-link ADJ

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