put the skids under someone/something

tv. to cause someone or something to fail. (see also on the skids.) The mayor put the skids under my plan.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Shauna	SHAW-nə	English
Aminta	-	Literature
Adonis	ə-DAH-nəs (English), ə-DO-nəs (English)	Greek Mythology
Momi	-	Hawaiian
Almiro	-	Portuguese
Cyrus	SIE-rəs (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Ancient Greek (Latinized)