be on the skids

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be on the skids (informal)

to be having a lot of problems and be likely to fail I hear their space programme is on the skids.

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IPOs and other stock investments may be on the skids these days, but that didn't stop the Century City law firm of Alschuler Grossman Stein & Kahan LLP from playing on the recent market frenzy. Holiday Deal by Los Angeles Business Journal More results

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