skid
noun
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
will skid
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future tenseof skid.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If Congress refuses, the company's management warns that Lockheed will skid into bankruptcy, upsetting a business empire that employs 75,000 people in 26 states.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plus, her backhand slice will skid away from opponents on the turf: good luck lunging for it, Ms. Sharapova and Mss.
From Time Magazine Archive
This unbalance makes it necessary that every passenger car built today requires . . . straight line stops ... or the car will skid out of control .
From Time Magazine Archive
I scarcely breathe while Carlton is away in his motor, for fear the wheels will skid and hurl him into endless depths down the mountain side.
From Letters of a Dakota Divorcee by Jane Burr
