Meanings
present singular third person slips through the cracks · participle present slipping through the cracks · participle past slipped through the cracks · past slipped through the cracks
- idiomaticTo escape notice or lack sufficient attention.
Judge Hart rejected prosecution claims there were systemic failings, saying the failure to implement options was because they "slipped through the cracks".
2025 October 15, “News: Woman died after leaning out of HST: GWR fined £1m”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 10Synonyms: slip through the net, fall through the cracks
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo escape notice or lack sufficient attention.
Translations
Dutch door de mazen van het net glippen
- door de mazen van het net glippento escape notice
Finnish jäädä huomaamatta, livahtaa
- jäädä huomaamattato escape notice
- livahtaato escape notice
French passer entre les mailles du filet
- passer entre les mailles du filetto escape notice
German durch das Raster fallen
- durch das Raster fallento escape notice
Polish umykać, umknąć
- umykaćto escape notice
- umknąćto escape notice
Spanish colarse por las rendijas
- colarse por las rendijasto escape notice
Swedish falla mellan två stolar, falla mellan stolarna
- falla mellan två stolarto escape notice
- falla mellan stolarnato escape notice
Cite this entry
slip through the cracks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20through%20the%20cracks
“slip through the cracks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20through%20the%20cracks. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slip through the cracks,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slip%20through%20the%20cracks.
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