regressverb [ I ]
uk/rɪˈɡres/us/rɪˈɡres/formalto return to a previous and less advanced or worse state, condition, or way of behaving:
She suffered brain damage from the car accident and regressed to the mental age of a five-year-old.
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Deteriorating and making worse
- a step backwards idiom
- a turn of the screw idiom
- add
- afford
- aggravate
- backslide
- compound
- decline
- degrade
- disintegrate
- dog
- downgrade
- downhill
- exacerbate
- retrograde
- retrogress
- run yourself down
- seed
- slip
- slippery slope
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regression
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈɡreʃ.ən/us/rɪˈɡreʃ.ən/