slip through the cracks

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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.
    Synonyms: slip through the net, fall through the cracks
    • 2025 October 15, “News: Woman died after leaning out of HST: GWR fined £1m”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 10:
      Judge Hart rejected prosecution claims there were systemic failings, saying the failure to implement options was because they "slipped through the cracks".

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