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fall through the cracks

idiom

To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    fall apart

    To be emotionally in crisis.

  2. 02

    fall around

    To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.

  3. 03

    fall asleep

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

  4. 04

    fall at the last hurdle

    To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

  5. 05

    fall behind

    To be late (for a regular event)

  6. 06

    fall between the cracks

    To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.

  7. 07

    fall between two stools

    To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.

  8. 08

    fall by the wayside

    To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

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