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BACKSLIDE (backslid, backslidden)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: backslid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, backslidden  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does backslide mean? 

BACKSLIDE (verb)
  The verb BACKSLIDE has 1 sense:

1. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standardsplay

  Familiarity information: BACKSLIDE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKSLIDE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they backslide  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it backslides  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: backslid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: backslid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / backslidden  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: backsliding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

backslide; lapse

Hypernyms (to "backslide" is one way to...):

drop away; drop off; fall away; slip (get worse)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

backslider (someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior)


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