DOWNHILL


Meaning of DOWNHILL in English

I. down ‧ hill 1 /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl◂/ BrE AmE adverb

1 . towards the bottom of a hill or towards lower land OPP uphill :

I was going downhill and my brakes failed.

2 . go downhill if a situation goes downhill, it gets worse SYN deteriorate :

Grandma fell and broke her leg, and she went downhill quite rapidly after that.

II. downhill 2 BrE AmE adjective

1 . on a slope that goes down to a lower point OPP uphill :

downhill skiing

It’s a long walk back, but at least it’s all downhill.

2 . be all downhill (from here)/be downhill all the way (from here) to be easy to do, because you have already done the hard part:

The worst is over – it’s all downhill from here.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.