on the skids
Example Sentences
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But with his memory on the skids, how long can that last?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
In short order Jones is bumped off and Redford, full of revenge is on to Chicago to find Newman, a legendary big-time con man currently on the skids.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
The nation's economy has been on the skids for a long time and it has one of the highest per capita debts in Latin America.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2023
Musk’s stated rationale for putting the deal on the skids, to whatever extent he can do that, is equally farcical.
From Slate • Jul. 7, 2022
A few years later I saw a long range of them enjoying their last repose on the skids in a navy-yard; and a bystander, with equal truth and irreverence, called them pop-guns.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
