skate on
English edit
Verb edit
skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skates on, simple past and past participle skated on)
- (transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
- I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty.
- (transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) To barely hold on or maintain.
- He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago.