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backslide

verb

/ˈbækˌslaɪd/

Meaning

To relapse into bad habits, undesirable practices, or moral decline.

After months of progress, he began to backslide into old habits.

relapse, regress, fall back, deteriorate

improve, progress, advance

backslide into sin, backslide from progress, start to backslide

to smear or cover with a sticky or dirty substance

to develop gradually, especially into a more complex or advanced state

To formally withdraw from a political or organizational union.

to have power over; to manage or regulate

To make certain that something will happen or be the case.

to swell or cause to swell, often due to fluid or gas