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slip through the cracks

idiom

To escape notice or lack sufficient attention.


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  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    fall through the cracks

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

  3. 03

    give someone the slip

    To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.

  4. 04

    let slip

    To divulge a secret, as by accident or mistake.

  5. 05

    let something slip

    To accidentally reveal a secret.

  6. 06

    pink slip

    A notice of termination of employment.

  7. 07

    slip back to old ways

    to return to past bad habits

  8. 08

    slip into

    To put on some clothes rapidly.

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