downhill

Definition

  • noun: a downhill skiing race
  • noun: a descending slope
  • adverb: toward the bottom of a hill or mountain
  • adverb: toward the bottom of a hill
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: adown, aslant, aslantwise

Examples

  • The first part of the movie was pretty good, but after that it was all 'downhill'.

  • The worst part is over. It's all 'downhill' from here.

  • The service has 'gone downhill' under the new owner.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Burn him! Burn him! Something, isn't it? We met Kansas, live on a pancake so we come to the mountains. All downhill from here. Down to the flood plain. The farm is at the bottom of the world. I remember one season water came bad. (..)
    2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice