skidded

verb

Definition of skiddednext
past tense of skid
as in fell
to go to a lower level especially abruptly the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away

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  1. fell
  2. plunged
  3. dipped
  4. plummeted
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  • Similar patterns follow after European contact: When settlers felled northern Wisconsin’s white pine forests, tribes like the Menominee turned to trees such as hemlock and butternut.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of fell
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  • The Container Store has posted losses for each of its last two fiscal years, while sales have plunged about 23% over that time.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In March, 2000, the dot-com bubble finally burst, and during the subsequent eighteen months the Nasdaq plunged about seventy per cent, inflicting huge losses on those who had got in near the market top.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of plunged
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  • The brand recently dipped into pants—or, rather, pantaloons—dressing Anya Taylor-Joy and Keira Knightley in lace and velvet trousers.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Houston temperatures dipped into the 40s last week, according to the National Weather Service.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dipped
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  • Ground battles are consistently being lost, defections are rising, and morale among troops has plummeted.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • By 2023, that number had plummeted to 48%, according to a survey by Medscape.
    Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of plummeted
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