backslide
verb [I] /ˈbæk.slaɪd/ (backslid)Definition
› to go back to doing something bad when you have been doing something good, especially to stop working hard or to fail to do something that you had agreed to do: My diet was going well but I'm afraid I've been backsliding a bit recently.Deteriorating and making worse
(Definition of backslide verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a step backwards idiom
- a turn of the screw idiom
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