slip through the cracks

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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)

(idiomatic) To escape notice or lack sufficient attention.
Check inside each file carefully to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.

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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

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