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verb
go astray
Synonyms for backslide
verb
go astray
Antonyms for backslide
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More words related to backslide
verb. lessen, become less
verb. be unsuccessful
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- miscarry
verb. descend; become lower
verb. become void; fall back into previous pattern
verb. return to earlier way of doing things
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