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hitting the skids

hitting the skids is the present participle and gerund 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 hitting the skids

What is hitting the skids the present participle and gerund of?
Hitting the skids is the present participle and gerund of hit the skids.

Words near hitting the skids in the dictionary

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

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