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Synonyms for the skids
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skid |
| Phonetic Transcription : skɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for the skids Other synonyms for the word the skids
- atrophy
- bad period
- bad times
- bane
- blight
- blue devils
- blue funk
- bottom
- bust
- cloudburst
- comedown
- comeuppance
- decadence
- declension
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- deluge
- depression
- descent
- devolution
- discomfiture
- down
- downer
- downslide
- downswing
- drop
- dumps
- failure
- fall
- falling-off
- flood
- funk
- hard times
- letdown
- low
- on the rocks
- overthrow
- rack and ruin
- rainy days
- recession
- reverse
- road to ruin
- ruination
- rut
- sag
- slide
- slip
- stagnation
- storm
- the skids
- trough
- undoing
Définition of the skids
Origin :- c.1600, "beam or plank on which something rests," especially on which something heavy can be rolled from place to place (1782), of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið "stick of wood" (see ski (n.)). As "a sliding along" from 1890; specifically of motor vehicles from 1903. Skid-mark is from 1914.
- In the timber regions of the American West, skids laid down one after another to form a road were "a poor thing for pleasure walks, but admirably adapted for hauling logs on the ground with a minimum of friction" ["Out West" magazine, October 1903]. A skid as something used to facilitate downhill motion led to figurative phrases such as hit the skids "go into rapid decline" (1909), and cf. skid row.
- As in slump : noun decline, failure
- As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
Antonyms for the skids
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