“the-skids”

The following 3 entries include the term the-skids.

hit the skids

phrase

: to begin to fail or get worse very suddenly and quickly

on the skids

phrase

: failing or getting worse : in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure

put the skids under

phrase

: to make (something or someone) likely or certain to fail


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