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skids
noun
underpants UK
Derives from SKID MARK— Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 105, 1996 Choosing jogging pants, hooded tops, sweatshirts, jeans, boots, clean skids. — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 19, 2001▶ put the skids under
(of a person or circumstances) to ensure the imminent dismissal of someone; to dismiss someone from employment UK, 1948- The college president starts at the top, politicians put the skids under him, and he shoots right down to the bottom. — Mary McCarthy, The Group, p. 144, 1991
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