skid across

skid across (something)

1. To slide, slip, or skim along the surface of something. I fell while I was wakeboarding and skidded 30 feet across the water. A huge truck smashed into the car and sent it skidding across the interstate.
2. To cause someone or something to slide, slip, or skim along the surface of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "skid" and "across." The shuffleboard player skidded the disk across the court in an attempt to knock his opponent's disk out of the scoring area. The mechanical bull flung me off and skidded me across the barroom floor.
See also: across, skid
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

skid across something

to slip or glide across something, such as ice or wet pavement. The car skidded across the pavement and crashed into a tree. Our bus skidded across the icy bridge and ran into a ditch on the other side.
See also: across, skid
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • skid across (something)
  • skim
  • skim off
  • skimming
  • wakesurf
  • wakesurfing
  • a slip of a
  • a slip of a boy, girl, etc.
  • slip of a (something)
  • the slip
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