lapse intosomething
phrasal verbwithlapseverb[I]uk/læps/us/læps/
(LESS ACTIVE)
tostartspeakingorbehavingin a lessactiveoracceptableway:
No one couldthinkof anything more to say, and themeetinglapsedintosilence.
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen
(WORSE)
tograduallyget into aworsestateorcondition:
Helapsedintoacomaanddiedfourdayslater.
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen