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To become progressively worse in quality or health

To decay or decompose organically

To disintegrate, crumble, or fall to pieces

To decrease the value, character, or quality of

To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on

To wear away or destroy gradually

To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

To lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture

To fail in the intended effect

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Verb

To become progressively worse in quality or health

go down the toilet

go down the tubes

go to rack and ruin

be the worse for wear

be worse for wear

take a turn for the worse

go from bad to worse

become dilapidated

become debilitated

fall into decay

take a nosedive

fall into disrepair

become emaciated

come apart at seams

be on your last legs

go down the tube

suffer a relapse

get worse again

go into decline

fall apart at the seams

make something worse

take a step back

fall off the wagon

appear in a poor light

be at disadvantage

be shown to disadvantage

become shrunken

become enfeebled

become moribund

go into a tailspin

reach a new low

be slipping away

be on one's deathbed

be giving up the ghost

be about to die

have one foot in the grave

be at death's door

be breathing one's last

be approaching death

hit rock bottom

come apart at the seams

be on the way out

draw to a close

leave the straight and narrow

go down the primrose path

fall from grace

turn the clock back

be insufficient

go into a decline

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

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“After all, studies indicate that our faculties deteriorate with age at varying degrees.”

Verb

To decay or decompose organically

become contaminated

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“Excess food will deteriorate in the water, leading to an accumulation of nitrogenous waste.”

Verb

To disintegrate, crumble, or fall to pieces

become dilapidated

“The walls deteriorate over time because of alkali and rain.”

Verb

To decrease the value, character, or quality of

make degenerate

reduce in value

lower the status of

reduce in quality

live in the gutter

cut down to size

take down a peg

commit sacrilege

treat with disrespect

drag through the mud

reduce the status of

bring into disrepute

blacken the name of

give a bad name to

give a black eye

bring dishonour to

show in a bad light

bring discredit to

reflect badly on

set a bad example

treat sacrilegiously

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“Ninety percent will have significant problems because the water will deteriorate the pavement.”

Verb

To cause damage to, or have a diminishing effect on

put the kibosh on

be detrimental to

cause detriment to

put out of commission

put out of action

throw a monkey wrench into

make unattractive

have a bad effect on

have a negative effect on

bring to naught

be a blot on the landscape

put a damper on

rain on someone's parade

play havoc with

play merry hell with

drive a nail into the coffin of

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

cause injury to

lay a finger on

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To wear away or destroy gradually

become threadbare

come to the end of its life

make threadbare

show signs of wear

become tattered

wear threadbare

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To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

slip a Mickey Finn into

take the edge off

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Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way

bat back and forth

fritter away time

not lift a finger

while away hours

while away the hours

lay on one's oars

sit back and do nothing

rest on your oars

kick your heels

shirk one's duties

take things easy

while away the time

sit on one's hands

idle away the hours

do nothing much

while away time

do nothing in particular

spin one's wheels

grind to a halt

fritter time away

lie down on job

take a breather

put your feet up

become stagnant

remain unchanged

evade one's duty

dodge the column

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To lose or cause to lose luster, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture

become discoloured

lose its lustre

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To fail in the intended effect

be unsuccessful

meet with disaster

come to nothing

back wrong horse

be found lacking

go down swinging

go down like a lead balloon

not come up to scratch

be found wanting

be found deficient

come apart at the seams

not pass muster

fall by the wayside

meet with failure

miss the target

go on the rocks

come to a sticky end

come to a bad end

end in disappointment

bring to naught

fall short of expectations

grind to a halt

sink without trace

go out of business

fall flat on your face

hit rock bottom

blow up in someone's face

go by the board

not make the grade

not come up to the mark

be counterproductive

be self-defeating

have an adverse effect

have unwelcome repercussions for

not go as planned

cause one to be hoist with one's own petard

be insufficient

not come to ripeness

do something badly

be a disappointment

come off second-best

go down the tube

go over like a lead balloon

not come up to expectations

come off second best

get the worst of it

throw in the towel

be taken to cleaners

meet one's Waterloo

be outdistanced

not make the grade at

be unsuccessful in

not come up to the mark in

not come up to scratch in

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