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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
skid .
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Examples
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Coins skidded off her scalp, her shoulders, and clattered against the pavement.
The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010
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And my guess was that it landed and kind of skidded up and smashed into that hill.
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The best guess I have is that it landed, and then kind of skidded off the runway, or something like that.
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He Cordry kind of skidded along the northbound median and then... was thrown into oncoming traffic from the southbound lane.
Archive 2006-06-01 Charles Statman 2006
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He Cordry kind of skidded along the northbound median and then... was thrown into oncoming traffic from the southbound lane.
charles statman Charles Statman 2006
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But anyway, I don't think he even read who the officers were; he just kind of skidded by it.
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The area was an early "skid row," a term said to have originated in Seattle, where, as in Vancouver, logs were "skidded" along roads to sawmills.
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Any way, I'll give five pounds for the pair, "and to my horror, and before I could stay him, he took out five sovereigns, and" skidded "them along the matted floor towards the chief, a particularly irascible young man named Asi (Sandalwood).
The Call Of The South 1908 Louis Becke 1884
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In Paris, shares of Hermes International skidded 4.8% after LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton denied speculation that the luxury giant would launch a takeover bid.
Europe's Stocks Fall Simon Kennedy 2011
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In PARIS , shares of Hermes International skidded 4.8% after LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton denied speculation that the luxury giant would launch a takeover bid.
Europe, Asian Stocks Fall Simon Kennedy 2011
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