Meanings
prepositional phrase
- in decline
Yvonne was on the slide.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 2801 more example
The L-shaped shopping parade, which had once wooed custom away from the small shops down the hill, was on the slide, left stranded by changes in consumer habits.
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
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on the slide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20slide
MLA
“on the slide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20slide. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the slide,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20slide.
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