French-English translations for déraper

• slide
  He slid the boat across the grass.
  The safe slid slowly.
  Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
• glide
• out of control
  The EU, too, must make efforts to ensure that its budget does not continue to run out of control and that it carries out the necessary cuts. L'UE doit elle aussi faire des efforts pour éviter que son budget ne continue de déraper et pour procéder aux compressions budgétaires nécessaires.
  The economy is out of control and is headed for a crash.
  Your children are completely out of control. Can you stop them running around like that?
• out of hand
  Clean things as you go so that the mess does not get out of hand.
• skid
  Just before hitting the guardrail the driver was able to regain control and pull out of the skid.
  In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.
  Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings.

Related words

• dérapage
• antidérapant
• dérapeur
• dérapage contrôlé