on the slide

idiom

chiefly British
: becoming worse in condition
Her career has been on the slide for a couple of years.

Examples of on the slide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The blood vessel tissue on the slide looked abnormal. Emily Baumgaertner Ariana Drehsler, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Democracy has been on the slide since 2016, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, a London research group whose yearly ranking system has become a gold standard. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024 Polls showed his approval rating on the slide before his 2014 seizure of Crimea. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024 Those particles are locked in place on the slide's surface after the droplet fully dries. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2023 The bag yanked her arm and left her stranded on the slide while her 5-year-old exited smoothly — and looked back at her actress mom to see what went wrong. Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023 His Sig Sauer 1911 .45 caliber Texas edition handgun features a lone star emblazoned on the grip and the state outline engraved on the slide. Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023 Yes, the currency was on the slide and prices were soaring, but a full-on meltdown didn’t come. Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023 The Rangers contend the bat, more than anything else, created impact on the slide, if there was any. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2023

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“On the slide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20slide. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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