downhill

downhill
adverb
1) (down a slope: The road goes downhill all the way from our house to yours.) nedover(bakke)
2) (towards a worse and worse state: We expected him to die, I suppose, because he's been going steadily downhill for months.) bli stadig dårligere
I
subst. \/ˈdaʊnˌhɪl\/
1) (også overført) nedoverbakke, utforbakke
2) (sport) utforrenn
II
adj. \/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl\/, foranstilt: \/ˈdaʊnhɪl\/
skrånende, hellende, utfor-
downhill race (sport) utfor, utforrenn
downhill run\/skiing utforkjøring
downhill slope utforbakke
III
adv. \/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl\/
nedover bakken, utfor
• it's downhill all the way
det er utforbakke hele veien
go downhill (overført) forfalle, gå tilbake
• he is going downhill
det går nedover med ham \/ han blir dårligere \/ han har kommet ut på skråplanet

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