downswing
down swing
- n a swing downward of a golf club
- n a worsening of business or economic activity
- But it's the downswing that makes the upswing possible.
- He would violently rotate his hips and shoulders on his downswing, which produced prodigious tee shots.
- In the new jargon, a recession can be a "rolling readjustment," a "correction," a "slippage," an "easing," a "mild dip," a "downswing," a "normal adjustment," a "leveling off," a .