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downhill

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downhill
1. the downward slope of a hill; descent
2. a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run


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But it was on the steep downhill marches, three thousand feet in three hours, that he went utterly away from Kim, whose back ached with holding back, and whose big toe was nigh cut off by his grass sandal-string.
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He never forgot to put on the brake as we went downhill, nor to take it off at the right place.
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She ran downhill a few yards flapping her shawl, and then she jumped off into the air.
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