| go down(verb, expression, drop, decline, settle) |
| go down swinging(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| go downhill(verb, expression, drop, decline, reduce) |
| go up in smoke(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| hit bottom(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| hit the skids(expression, idiom, drop, decline, fall) |
| lose control(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| lose ground(expression, degenerate, recede, ebb, relapse) |
| lose out(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| lose status(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| meet with disaster(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail) |
| miscarry(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| miss(verb, decline, fall, fail, slip) |
| miss the boat(verb, expression, idiom, decline, fall) |
| pass(verb, decline, fall, terminate, degenerate) |
| play into(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| recess(verb, regress) |
| regression(noun, relapse) |
| run aground(verb, expression, decline, fall, fail) |
| slide back(expression, degenerate, deteriorate, revert) |