slippery slopenoun [ S ]
uk/ˌslɪp.ər.i ˈsləʊp/us/ˌslɪp.ɚ.i ˈsloʊp/a bad situation or habit that, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse:
You're on a slippery slope once you start lying about your age!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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
- regress
- retrograde
- retrogress
- run yourself down
- seed
- slip
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