go downhill

Example Sentences

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Economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic and there could still be an opportunity for Pheu Thai in future "if the economy continues to go downhill", Chambers said.

From Barron's

Lynette from Swindon first started shopping at Asda more than 20 years ago, but says it began to go "downhill" really quickly — "you could see it in the supermarket, half the tills were closed, shelves were empty."

From BBC

"It's terrible when you see patients go downhill in hospital when you know they would be better off somewhere else," says Laura Hichens, a nurse who leads the "discharge liaison" team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.

From BBC

That was when things started to go downhill.

From BBC

But when, a decade into their union, she wins an Oscar and he doesn’t, things begin to go downhill fast.

From Los Angeles Times