Antonyms for go downhill


Grammar : Verb


Definition of go downhill

  • As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
  • As in sink : verb deteriorate
  • As in slump : verb decline, sink
  • As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
  • As in miscarry : verb fail to attain goal
  • As in come down : verb worsen
  • As in decline : verb lessen, become less
  • As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
  • As in deteriorate : verb decay, degenerate
  • As in die : verb wither, dwindle
  • As in fail : verb be unsuccessful
Example sentences :
  • He'll go downhill so fast that a ship's anchor wouldn't hold him.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I think the hardest thing to do is to go downhill gracefully.
  • Extract from : « Sylvia & Michael » by Compton Mackenzie
  • I have always believed that it is easier to go downhill than to go up.
  • Extract from : « Tenting To-night » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • And, ma'am, I know that his brother will be the ruin of John; he'll go downhill fast, as many a fine young fellow has done.
  • Extract from : « For John's Sake » by Annie Frances Perram
  • And then he explained to me that any fool can go uphill, but a Montenegrin is the only man who can go downhill.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures as a Spy » by Robert Baden-Powell
  • The moment that we began to go downhill I perceived that we were in a position of the greatest danger.
  • Extract from : « The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine » by Frank R. Stockton
  • He was afflicted with what the Western people called the 'swaleys,' and could not go downhill.
  • Extract from : « Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made » by James D. McCabe, Jr.
  • You go downhill to it from the street, and it is crowded on all sides but the front by other buildings.
  • Extract from : « Letters from the Holy Land » by Elizabeth Butler
  • She did not often suffer from weariness any more, but she had, without knowing it, commenced to go downhill.
  • Extract from : « Comrade Yetta » by Albert Edwards
  • Anyhow, after a while he began to go downhill financially, which is another way of saying he got into debt.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb

Synonyms for go downhill

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