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1 put the skids under someone
übertragen jemanden abschießen (seine Entlassung etc. bewirken)English-German idiom dictionary > put the skids under someone
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2 skid
1. intransitive verb,- dd-2) (on foot) rutschen2. noun1) Schlittern/Schleudern, dasgo into a skid — ins Schlittern/Schleudern geraten
2) (Aeronaut.) Gleitkufe, die* * *[skid] 1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) rutschen2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) das Rutschen2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) der Stützbalken* * *[skɪd]I. vi<- dd->to \skid to a halt schlitternd zum Stehen kommento \skid off the road von der Straße geschleudert werden2. (slide over surface)▪ to \skid along/across sth (in a controlled fashion) über etw akk [hinweg]gleiten; (out of control) über etw akk rutschenII. nto correct a \skid ein Fahrzeug wieder unter Kontrolle bringento go into a \skid ins Schleudern geraten4.* * *[skɪd]1. nto steer into/against a skid — mit-/gegensteuern
to go into a skid — ins Schleudern geraten or kommen
to correct a skid, to pull out of a skid — das Fahrzeug abfangen or wieder in seine Gewalt bekommen
2) (on wheel) Rolle fhe was on or hit the skids (inf) — es ging abwärts mit ihm
her marriage/career is on the skids (inf) — ihre Ehe/Karriere ist ins Schleudern geraten
to put the skids under sb/sb's plans (inf) — jdn/jds Pläne zu Fall bringen, jdm die Suppe versalzen (inf)
2. vi(car, objects) schleudern; (person) ausrutschento skid across the floor — über den Boden rutschen or schlittern
* * *skid [skıd]A s1. Stützbalken m2. TECHa) Rolle f (für Lasten)b) Ladebalken m, -bock m, Gleitschiene f3. Bremsklotz m5. SCHIFFa) pl Holzfender mb) Bootsschlitten mgo into a skid → C 2;a) Schleuderspur f,b) jemandes Pläne etc durchkreuzen,he’s on the skids es geht abwärts mit ihmB v/t1. auf einer Gleitschiene oder auf Rollen fortbewegen2. ein Rad bremsen, hemmenC v/i1. rutschen, (ab-, aus)gleiten3. FLUG seitlich abrutschen* * *1. intransitive verb,- dd-1) schlittern; (from one side to the other; spinning round) schleudern2) (on foot) rutschen2. noun1) Schlittern/Schleudern, dasgo into a skid — ins Schlittern/Schleudern geraten
2) (Aeronaut.) Gleitkufe, die* * *n.Kufe -n f.Rahmen - m.Rutsch -en m.Schlitten m. v.rutschen v.schleudern v. -
3 skid
1)( slide while driving) rutschen, schlittern;( skew around) schleudern;to \skid to a halt schlitternd zum Stehen kommen;to \skid off the road von der Straße geschleudert werden;to \skid on the wet road auf der nassen Straße ins Rutschen kommen2) ( slide over surface)to correct a \skid ein Fahrzeug wieder unter Kontrolle bringen;to go into a \skid ins Schleudern geratenPHRASES:
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