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Definition of hitting the skids

hit the skids

verb

  • to suffer from failure.
                                                           

                                              

    Citation from "Let's Go to the Hop", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 14 (2000) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'hit':

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