hit the skids

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hit the skids

Fig. to decline; to decrease in value or status. Jed hit the skids when he started drinking. The firm hit the skids when the dollar collapsed.

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BRASSED-OFF Brit Bradley Wiggins threw away his bike in disgust as his title hopes hit the skids at the world time-trial championship in Switzerland yesterday. Brad boy Brit chips bike away by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) But his career hit the skids and he ended in jail for debt. COME & GO FOR STARS OF CHAT by The Mirror (London, England) Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen hit the skids at the start of 2009, results showed Wednesday, with "extremely weak" conditions sending first quarter sales down sharply and slashing profits. Global slowdown hits Volkswagen hard by AFP / AFP Global Edition			hit rock bottom hit stride hit the books hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the ground running hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the right note hit the road hit the roof hit the sack hit the side of a barn hit the skids hit the spot hit the trail hit town hit up hit where it hurts hit with hitch hitch wagon to Hitch your wagon to a star hither hither, thither, and yon hits the fan hive of activity ho-hum hoard up hoarse as a crow hobnob with Hobson's choice hock hoe hoe own row hog hog wild hoist hoist a few			hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the panic button hit the panic button hit the pavement Hit the ribbon hit the right note hit the right note hit the right note hit the right note hit the right note hit the right note hit the road hit the road hit the road hit the road hit the road hit the road Hit the Road Jack hit the roof hit the roof Hit the Roof Recordings hit the sack hit the sack hit the scene hit the scene hit the scene hit the side of a barn hit the skids hit the spot hit the spot hit the spot hit the spot hit the spot hit the spot hit the trail hit the trail hit the trail hit the trail hit the trail hit the trail hit the wall hit the wrong note hit the wrong note hit the wrong note hit the wrong note hit the wrong note Hit To Kill hit town hit up hit up hit up hit up hit up hit up hit upon hit upon hit upon hit upon

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