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to backslide
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to return to worse behavior, habits, or moral standards after having improved
Intransitive: to backslide | to backslide into a previous condition
Examples
After months of sobriety, he began to backslide into drinking again.
The politician promised reform but soon backslid into corrupt practices.
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