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downswing

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down⋅swing

[doun-swing]
–noun
1. a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
2. a downward trend or decrease, as of business or a nation's birth rate.

Origin:
1895–1900; down 1 + swing 1
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down·swing   (doun'swĭng')   
n.  
  1. A swing downward, as of a golf club.

  2. A decline, as of a business.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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