| VERB | change | drop away, slip, drop off, fall away | get worse |
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| Meaning | get worse. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | slip, drop off, fall away | |
| Narrower | lapse, backslide | Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Spanish | agravarse, bajar, declinar, deteriorar, empeorar | |
| Catalan | baixar, declinar, empitjorar | |
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