All regress synonyms
re·gress
R r verb regress
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- offing — the state or fact of being off.
- go to pot — a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- inversed — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- go to the dogs — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- die off — a sudden, natural perishing of large numbers of a species, population, or community.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- inversing — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- offed — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- degenerate — If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- zigzagged — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- hit the dirt — to drop to the ground
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- hark back — to listen attentively; hearken.
- flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- disimprove — (transitive, rare) to make worse.
- go away — leave!
- detouring — Present participle of detour.
- lose it — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- fall off the wagon — (Idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
- fold up — a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- zigzagging — Present participle of zigzag.
- flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.
noun regress
- hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.