Past tense of backslide
The past simple of backslide is backslid and the past participle is backslid: backslide – backslid – backslid.
- Base form V1
- backslide
- Past simple V2
- backslid
- Past participle V3
- backslid
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Meaning of backslide
To slip back into a bad habit or to break a promise after a period of doing better
- ExampleHe gave up sugar for a month and then backslid completely.
Backslide, backslid, backslid in sentences
- Past simpleHe backslid after a month.
- Past participleShe has backslid into her old habits.
Common mistakes
backslidedbackslid. Backslide is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Backslide is built on slide and changes the same way.
Past simple and past participle the same, like backslide: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of backslide?
Backslid. For example: He backslid after a month.
What is the past participle of backslide?
Backslid. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in She has backslid into her old habits.
Is backslide a regular verb?
No. Backslide is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
