I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a car skids (= slides sideways in a way you cannot control )
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If it’s icy, the car might skid.
a skid mark (= a long tyre mark caused by a car that has lost control )
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After the accident, two sets of skid marks were found.
skid mark
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There were skid marks on the road where the crash occurred.
skid row
sth screeches/shudders/skids/jolts to a halt (= a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis )
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The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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The race ended in chaos when three riders drove into an oil slick and skidded off .
■ NOUN
car
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The other car had skidded into hers and made her forget the phone call.
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Mud began to thump in the wheel wells, and the car skidded sideways, went off the road, and stuck.
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I suppose the driver of that car skidded .
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Suddenly the car skidded as she maneuvered to enter the icy patch of the ramp to the expressway.
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In winter, workmen put a mixture of salt and grit on icy roads to stop cars skidding .
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In the morning the car skidded on an icy hill and flapped into a ditch.
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They joke about the near-misses as their cars skid on the ice that lines the road to the colliery.
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Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes.
halt
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It skidded to a halt immediately and rapidly looked away, avoiding the man's gaze.
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It skidded to a halt just inside the edge.
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He dragged her into the living-room and flung her across it to skid to a halt .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on skid row
come/roll/jerk/skid etc to a stop
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop .
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An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
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And moments later he comes to a stop .
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As it came to a stop , it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
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He had given no sign of injury until we came to a stop .
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It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
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Once it has been consumed, the Darwinian machine comes to a stop .
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When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Nineteen people were injured today when a bus skidded off the road into a ditch.
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She skidded to a halt, jumped off her scooter, and ran into the house.
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The car in front of me skidded and I slammed the brakes on to avoid it.
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The plane touched down and skidded off the runway.
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They set off down the road, the dogs skidding on the hard packed snow.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I suppose the driver of that car skidded.
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It skidded slightly and slowed down.
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People come right through a closed ramp, skidding and veering around me.
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So I was skidding and bumping along the runway, trying to get the beast to translational-lift speed.
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The other car had skidded into hers and made her forget the phone call.
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Then I skidded and slanted through into Public Baths Surf.
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When our buckets are full, we top the tour with a skidding riff of singing sand.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
go
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She struck him as perilous and avid, and he had the sensation of going into a skid .
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He grabbed the brake, pulled, and the buggy went into a wild skid and turned over.
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He cornered so fast that his brakes screamed in protest and they almost went into an uncontrollable skid .
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The driver of a third car also lost control and went into a skid .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on skid row
come/roll/jerk/skid etc to a stop
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A limousine carrying Harris and several other black passengers jerked to a stop .
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An unshaven old man in a stained jacket comes to a stop beside us.
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And moments later he comes to a stop .
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As it came to a stop , it widened the frenzied cluster of moths surrounding the yellow platform light over his head.
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He had given no sign of injury until we came to a stop .
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It swerved wildly towards the wall, bounced over the pavement and came to a stop four feet from the concrete wall.
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Once it has been consumed, the Darwinian machine comes to a stop .
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When it jerked to a stop they were led out into a narrow carpeted passage.
hit the buffers/skids
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But when it came to dealing with Railfreight, he said, his ideas hit the buffers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Turn the steering wheel in the direction of, and not against, a skid .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And at floor level the Revue sits on four skid feet.
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For off-road use, it comes with skid plates underneath.
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He grabbed the brake, pulled, and the buggy went into a wild skid and turned over.
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I was light on the skids, the troops were out.
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Marta says this is easy to clean and still meets all safety and skid resistance requirements.
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There was a flat impact twelve feet up, a squealing skid and a howl of pain.
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Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid , the direction in which the rear wheels are sliding.