2
trip(noun, verb, drop, decline, settle)
2
turn out badly(expression, idiom, decline, fall, fail)
2
weaken(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
2
worsen(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail)
1
abate(verb, drop, decline, settle, fall)
1
abdicate(verb, renounce)
1
abnegate(verb, renounce)
1
about-face(verb, move, change, push, return)
1
aim(verb, move, change, push, return)
1
alter(verb, move, change, push, return)
1
alternate(verb, move, change, push, return)
1
astray
1
atavism
1
backset
1
backslider
1
be precipitated(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
1
become less(verb, expression, drop, fall, fail)
1
betray(verb, renounce)
1
break commandment(verb, expression, fall, cheat, lapse)
1
buckle(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
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