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back·slide  (bksld)
intr.v. back·slid (-sld), back·slid·ing, back·slides
To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice.
backslider n.
backslide
Verb
[-sliding, -slid] to relapse into former bad habits or vices
backslider n
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Verb1.backslide - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
lapse
drop away, fall away, slip, drop off - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
Translations
backslide [ˈbækslaɪd] vi → reincidir, recaer
backslide [ˈbækslaɪd] vi → retomber dans l'erreur
backslide [ˈbækslaɪd] vi → rückfällig werden
backslide [ˈbækslaɪd] vi → ricadere
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During 2006, we made strides toward getting The Tax Executive back on schedule, but with the end of the year in sight, we backslid.
Another apology ... and year-end thank yous (plus an update on ... by McCormally, Timothy L. / Tax Executive
Unfortunately, the IRS eschewed the certainty of Letter Ruling 200250024 and backslid into the ambiguity of Letter Ruling 200028027, by failing to indicate whether the merger would be respected as a liquidation or viewed as an upstream reorganization via Rev.
Letter rulings flirt with limits of liquidation-reincorporation ... by Madden, David / The Tax Adviser
But these insurgent parties often quickly backslid on their founding principles when it became politic to do so.
Fusion power: why only two parties is no fun by Doherty, Brian / Reason
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