skid in English
- skid⇄expr. on the skids, (Slang.)
a. headed for dismissal, failure, or other disaster; failing; slipping.
Ex. [He] is said to suspect that pro-French Americans are trying to withhold further U.S. aid and thus put him on the skids (Newsweek).skid⇄expr. put the skids under, (Informal.) to cause (someone or something) to head for failure or disaster; cause the ruin or downfall of.
Ex. This has really put the skids under Pearson. This is the knockout blow (Time).skid⇄noun 1. a sideways slip or slide while moving.
Ex. She had a skid running around the corner and fell on the wet floor.
2. a piece of wood or metal to prevent a wheel from turning, as when going down a hill.
3. a timber, frame, or theskid⇄skid (1), verb, skidded,skidding,noun.skid⇄skid (2), intransitive verb, skidded,skidding.
to run or go quickly; scud.skid⇄v.i. 1. to slip or slide sideways while moving.
Ex. The car skidded on the slippery road.
2. to slide along without turning, as a wheel does when held by a skid or brake.
3. (of an aircraft) to slide or be carried sideways, as when noskid⇄v.t. 1. to slide along on a skid or skids.
2. to prevent (a wheel) from turning by means of a skid.
3. to cause (a vehicle or its wheels) to slide sideways while moving.
4. to haul (logs) from the cutting area to the landing or mill.
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