put the skids under someone/something



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.
See also: put, skid

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mina (1)MEE-nə (English), MEE-nah (Dutch, Limburgish)English, Dutch, Limburgish
Alojz-Slovene, Slovak, Croatian
Sabah-Arabic, Turkish
Roman['rəumən]
Antoinette[.æntwa:'net]
Lei (2)-Chinese