in discesa

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, in descent.

Prepositional phrase

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in discesa

  1. sloping down; downhill
    strada in discesadownhill road
  2. falling, decreasing
    Synonym: in diminuzione
    prezzi in discesafalling prices
  3. easy, smooth, without difficulty; downhill
    Synonyms: facile, agevole
    Antonyms: in salita, difficile
    Ora che pensavo che la strada fosse in discesa, mi sono abbasato la guardia.
    Now that I thought the road [of events] was downhill [from here], I lowered my guard.

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