2skid noun
plural skids [count] 1 : a sudden, uncontrolled sliding movement
▪ The car hit a patch of ice and went into a skid. ▪ The police measured the skid marks [=marks made by a skidding vehicle] on the road. 2 : one of a pair of long narrow parts on which a helicopter or airplane rests — usually plural ▪ the skids of a helicopter 3 US, sports : a series of losses that happen one after the other : a losing streak
▪ This victory ends a five-game skid. 4 : pallet 1
▪ They loaded the packages onto a skid.
▪ The car hit a patch of ice and went into a skid. ▪ The police measured the skid marks [=marks made by a skidding vehicle] on the road.
▪ This victory ends a five-game skid.
▪ They loaded the packages onto a skid.
hit the skids
informal : to begin to fail or get worse very suddenly and quickly
▪ After he was injured his career hit the skids. ▪ The stock market has hit the skids.
▪ After he was injured his career hit the skids. ▪ The stock market has hit the skids.
on the skids
informal : failing or getting worse : in a bad state or situation that is likely to result in failure
▪ The company is on the skids. ▪ Her marriage was on the skids.
▪ The company is on the skids. ▪ Her marriage was on the skids.
put the skids under
Brit, informal : to make (something or someone) likely or certain to fail
▪ He scored the goal that put the skids under our hopes for victory.
▪ He scored the goal that put the skids under our hopes for victory.
