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slip through the cracks idiomUS(UKslip through the net) to escape a punishment or be missed by a system that should deal with or protect you: Once again terrorists have slipped through the police net. There are laws to protect the mentally ill, but now and then someone does slip through the cracks. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Forgetting and forgetfulness absent-minded absent-mindedly absent-mindedness amnesia amnesiac anterograde blur bury erase forget forget itidiom forgetful forgetfully forgetfulness retrograde amnesia rustily rusty scatterbrained scatty senior moment |