downhill

/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/ adverb

Translation

› towards the bottom of a hill or slope

yokuş aşağı, tepeden aşağı

It's so much easier cycling downhill.1741

go downhill › to gradually become worse

gittikçe kötüleşmek, kötüye gitmek, tepetaklak olmak

After his wife died, his health started to go downhill.1977

(Definition of downhill adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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