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down⋅slide
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–noun
a decline or downward trend, as of prices.
Origin:
1925–30;
down
1
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slide
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down·slide
(doun'slīd')
n. A downward course; a decline:
"a growing concern among . . . board leaders about whether the economy could be headed for a downslide"
(Andrée Brooks).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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