| Front | skid |
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| Back | skid verb, noun BrE /skɪd/ NAmE /skɪd/ verb (-dd-) [intransitive] (usually of a vehicle) to slide sideways or forwards in an uncontrolled way The car skidded on the ice and went straight into the wall. She could feel they were skidding. The taxi skidded to a halt just in time. Her foot skidded on the wet floor and she fell heavily. noun word origin example bank 1 the movement of a vehicle when it suddenly slides sideways in an uncontrolled way The motorbike went into a skid. The skid marks on the road showed how fast the car had been travelling. 2 a part that is underneath some aircraft, beside the wheels, and is used for landing the skids of a helicopter See picture put the ˈskids under sb/sth (informal) to stop sb/sth from being successful or making progress be on the ˈskids (informal) to be in a bad situation that will get worse The government was on the skids for months before the election. |
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