put the skids under sth
UK informalto cause something such as a plan to fail:
Local residents have put the skids under plans to build a new shopping centre.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Upsetting and destabilizing
- bring
- bring sb down
- delegitimize
- destabilize
- dislocate
- disrupt
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- loop
- make waves idiom
- rock
- rock the boat idiom
- scupper
- stir
- turn sth upside down idiom
- undercut
- undermine
- upset
- upside down
- wave
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