downhill slope

collocation in English

meaningsofdownhillandslope

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downhill
adverb
adjective
uk
/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/us
/ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/
(moving) towards the bottom of ...
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slope
noun[C]
uk
/sləʊp/us
/sloʊp/
a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher ...
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(Definition ofdownhillandslopefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tax schemes, dodgy companies and money laundering merge into one another on adownhillslopeinto illegality.
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This problem can be particularly acute if the pipe is on adownhillslope.
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Landing east is less obstructed, but thedownhillslope, short runway, and dropoff make it inadvisable.
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The ballpark sits on a block that has a noticeabledownhillslopefrom the northwest corner to the southeast corner.
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She finished eighth in the sprint, in which she crashed on adownhillslope, and came in eleventh in the pursuit race.
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The layout of the surrounding land produces the optical illusion that a very slightdownhillslopeappears to be an uphill slope.
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The right of the course is a sharpdownhillslopeto the 4th hole fairway and 5th hole tee box.
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This was the last season before show began itsdownhillslope.
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Alesi added that he believed he did not jump the start, but admitted that the car crept forwards by a few centimetres because of thedownhillslopeof the grid.
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This procedure was used at the other downhill slopes at startup.
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Is serves 34 km of downhill slopes and % rfreeride zones.
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