hit the skids

== English == === Pronunciation === === 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) (intransitive, idiomatic, originally US) To fail; to decline. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hit the skids v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present