put the skids under someone/something
put the skids under (someone or something)
To cause the ruin, failure, or defeat of someone or something. Her frequent absences from work put the skids under any hopes she had of a promotion. The boss accused Theresa of trying to put the skids under him.
See also: put, skid
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put the skids under someone/something
tv. to cause someone or something to fail. (see also on the skids.) The mayor put the skids under my plan.
See also: put, skid, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- put the skids under
- put the skids under (someone or something)
- put the skids under somebody/something
- put the skids under something
- put the skids on
- put the skids on (something)
- it is all up with
- it is all up with (someone or something)
- skid
- be on the skids