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hits the skids

hits the skids is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the skids.

Meaning of hit the skids

Verb

hit the skids (third-person singular simple present hits the skids, present participle hitting the skids, simple past and past participle hit the skids)

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

Questions about hits the skids

What is hits the skids the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits the skids is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the skids.

Words near hits the skids in the dictionary

  1. hits the shelves
  2. hits the shops
  3. hits the shower
  4. hits the showers
  5. hits the silk
  6. hits the skids
  7. hits the spot
  8. hits the stores
  9. hits the streets
  10. hits the trail
  11. hits the wall

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