downhill

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English

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Etymology

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From down- +‎ hill.

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downhill (comparative farther or further downhill, superlative farthest or furthest downhill)

  1. Down a slope.
    Synonym: downslope
    Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.
  2. (by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
    Hyponyms: down the drain, down the tubes; down the toilet (crude)
    After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

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Adjective

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downhill (comparative further downhill, superlative furthest downhill)

  1. Located down a slope or hill.
  2. Going down a slope or a hill.
    • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
      It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.
  3. (by extension) Easy.

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  • "Easy" sense: comparative and superlative are usually made with more and most.

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Noun

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downhill (countable and uncountable, plural downhills)

  1. (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
  2. (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.

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downhill (third-person singular simple present downhills, present participle downhilling, simple past and past participle downhilled)

  1. To take part in downhill skiing.

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downhill m (plural downhills)

  1. downhill (skiing)