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It is typically used in a religious context to describe someone who has reverted to old sinful ways or abandoned their religious beliefs. For example, "After struggling with his faith for years, John eventually backslid and stopped attending church altogether."
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backslid
verb
Past of backslide
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Students often backslid significantly in the classrooms of ineffective teachers, and thousands of students in the study had two or more ineffective teachers in a row.A.J. Duffy, the president of United Teachers Los Angeles and caller of the boycott, scolded the Times: "You're leading people in a dangerous direction, making it seem like you can judge the quality of a teacher by...a test".
Garland had backslid into dependency on barbiturates, a problem that had long plagued her, and the combination of Minnelli's complex vision and her own inability (and, at times, simple reluctance) to go back to work proved disastrous.
The fraternity announced it was going "substance free" shortly after but quickly backslid.
God advocates herem not just for Canaanite foes but for Israelite cities that have backslid into pagan practices: "You shall surely strike down the inhabitants of that town by the edge of the sword, putting it under the ban, it and everything in it, and its beasts, by the edge of the sword".
His father, who was known as A. C. Williams, followed a love of music out of the church and into the secular world, where he found some success as an R. & B. saxophone player — he backslid, and did so happily.
It's in the middle of shoving the rest of the pasta shells into my mouth that I realize how far I've backslid.
Last season's surprise team, the Cincinnati Reds, has backslid from a 91-71 record to a 60-63 record this season.
For example, he flatly states that "no nation has backslid toward tyranny" since the end of the cold war.
Nolan replaces Paul Pasqualoni, fired after the Miami defense backslid in his second season.
She's brutal about her hometown, Atlanta, which she feels has backslid on racial issues.
The family reports that he did not speak about his incarceration or the murals, and never backslid into a life of crime.
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