backslide β to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
recrudesce β to break out afresh, as a sore, a disease, or anything else that has been quiescent.
recur β to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
relapse β to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
retrograde β moving backward; having a backward motion or direction; retiring or retreating.
retrogress β to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
return β to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
come back β If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
fall off the wagon β (Idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
throw back β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
fluctuate β to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
deviate β To deviate from something means to start doing something different or not planned, especially in a way that causes problems for others.
drift β a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
move β to pass from one place or position to another.
relocate β to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
ship β a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
vary β to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
veer β to change direction or turn about or aside; shift, turn, or change from one course, position, inclination, etc., to another: The speaker kept veering from his main topic. The car veered off the road.
budge β If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement.
cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
stir β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
swerve β to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
transmogrify β to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
vacillate β to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
yo-yo β a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
bottom out β If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
do up β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
recalibrate β to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
turn the corner β the place at which two converging lines or surfaces meet.
metamorphose β to change the form or nature of; transform.
put β to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
render β to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
reorder β to put in order again: to reorder the card file.
transfigure β to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
transform β to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
translate β to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.