slip through the cracks

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

slip through the cracks (third-person singular simple present slips through the cracks, present participle slipping through the cracks, simple past and past participle slipped through the cracks)

1. (idiomatic) To escape notice or lack sufficient attention.

   Check inside each file carefully to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.

Synonyms

• slip through the net
• fall through the cracks

Translations

to escape notice

• Finnish: jäädä huomaamatta, livahtaa (fi)
• French: passer entre les mailles du filet (fr)
• German: durch das Raster fallen
• Spanish: colarse por las rendijas
• Swedish: falla mellan två stolar, falla mellan stolarna