We've come this far, so we can't stop now. I don't want to backslide.
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Backslide
Synonyms for "backslide" (81 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (24)
fall awayfall backfall behindfall from graceget behindgo astraygo backwardsgo behindgo wronghave a relapsejerkjerk backlapselapse backlose groundpull backrecederecidivaterecidivismrecur to
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Verb(1 words)
Related words (40)
Noun(13 words)
relapseretrocederetroflexretrograderetrogressretrovertreturnreturn toreverserevertrevert tosink backslide backslipslip backtergiversatetripturnyield again to
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11 entriesdiet relapsedrug relapseinstitutional regressionmoral backslidermoral backslidingpolicy rollbackpolitical backslidingreform rollbackreligious backsliderreligious backslidingsmoking relapse
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12 entriesbackslide after progressbackslide in performancebackslide into habitsbackslide morallybackslide on disciplinebackslide on reformscareer backslideeconomic backslidingmoral backslidingpersistent backslidingpolitical backslidingreligious backsliding
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6 total sentences available.
These people will make us backslide.
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He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide.
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[…] Monna Brigida, who had backslided into false hair in Romola's absence, but now drew it off again and declared she would not mind being gray, if her dear child would stay with her.
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