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S: (v) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away (get worse) "My grades are slipping"

S: (v) lapse, backslide (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)

S: (v) inflame (become inflamed; get sore) "His throat inflamed"
S: (v) sicken, come down (get sick) "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
S: (v) devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate (grow worse) "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
S: (v) deprive, impoverish (take away)
S: (v) fail (get worse) "Her health is declining"
S: (v) tumble (suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat)
S: (v) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away (get worse) "My grades are slipping"
S: (v) suffer (get worse) "His grades suffered"
S: (v) suffer, lose (be set at a disadvantage) "This author really suffers in translation"; "The painting loses something in this light"
S: (v) regress, retrograde, retrogress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
S: (v) turn down (take a downward direction) "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"