verb
    
    skids; skidded; skidding
    
    [no obj] :to slide along a road or other surface in an uncontrolled way
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural skids
    
    [count] a sudden, uncontrolled sliding movement
    
    
    
    
    
    one of a pair of long narrow parts on which a helicopter or airplane rests - usually plural
    
    
    
    US sports :a series of losses that happen one after the other :a losing streak
    
    
    
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    hit the skids
    
    informal :to begin to fail or get worse very suddenly and quickly
    
    
    
    
    
    on the skids
    
    informal :failing or getting worse :in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure
    
    
    
    
    
    put the skids under
    
    Brit informal :to make (something or someone) likely or certain to fail