hit the skids

hit the skids

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hit the skids

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to fail; decline
   • 2010, Ganesh Rathnam, Mises Daily, A Greek Tragedy in the Making:

     After all, if these measures could've succeeded, they would've been implemented five years ago when the world economy hadn't yet hit the skids.

Related terms

• on the skids