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
Dudu	-	Portuguese
Ackerman	['ækəmən]
Savino	-	Italian
Sylvia	SIL-vee-ə (English), SUYL-vee-ah (Finnish)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German
Marcella	-	Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Rolo	RAHL-o	English (Rare)