Backslide
Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌslaɪd/
Backslide (verb)
- to start doing something bad again after stopping for a while.
- to go back to a worse condition after making improvements.
Examples
- After a month of healthy eating, he began to backslide into junk food.
- She promised not to backslide into smoking after quitting.
Common collocations: backslide into old habits, tendency to backslide, backslide in performance, risk of backsliding