put the skids under somethingBritish EnglishBrE informalFAIL to make it likely or certain that something will fail 使某事失败 The recession put the skids under his plans for starting a new business. 经济衰退使他开新店的计划告吹了。
put the skids under something• The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.
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