Related Clues:

• Headed for home, perhaps
• Used a firehouse pole, e.g.
• Lacked traction
• Didn't have traction
• Slithered
• Like some banks
• Destroyed by degrees
• Approached the plate
• Made bank withdrawals?
• Skidded
• Arrived safely under the throw
• One way to have gotten home
• Hurried home?
• Went from bad to worse
• Did a glissade