on the slide

English

Prepositional phrase

on the slide

1. in decline
   • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 280:

     Yvonne was on the slide.