skid

/skɪd/ verb [I] (present participle skidding, past tense and past participle skidded)

Definition

› If a vehicle skids, it slides along a surface and you cannot control it: The car skidded on ice and hit a tree.

skid noun [C]

(Definition of skid verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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