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regress(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, return)
14
lapse(verb, decline, reduce, fail, return)
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relapse(verb, reduce, return, slip, weaken)
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retrograde(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
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worsen(verb, decline, reduce, fail, diminish)
11
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, reduce)
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recidivate(verb, fall, fail, deteriorate)
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revert(verb, reduce, return, slip, lapse)
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deteriorate(verb, decline, reduce, return, slip)
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sink(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
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backslide(verb, reduce, slip, deteriorate)
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recede(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
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decline(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw)
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retreat(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
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return(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
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ebb(verb, move, decline, reduce, diminish)
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decay(verb, decline, reduce, fail, diminish)
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fade(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
4
go back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, diminish)
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lose ground(expression, recede, ebb, relapse)
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