slip through
Evade detection narrowly
To slip through is to pass without being noticed, caught, or stopped.
A mistake might slip through quality control.
An opportunity can slip through your fingers if you fail to act.
Someone slips through the cracks when systems meant to help them fail to do so: Too many at-risk kids slip through the cracks.
Flight from captivity
- evadeEscape by cunning
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- sneakMove with stealth
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
circumvent · dodge · skirt · avoid · sidestep · undetected · unnoticed · loophole
Fail to reach
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- neglectFailure to provide care
- unnoticedNot perceived by anyone
- undetectedNot discovered yet
oversight · lapse · gap · error · omission · inattention · carelessness · screening
escape
Flight from captivity
bypass · circumvent · dodge · skirt · avoid · sidestep · undetected · unnoticed · loophole · gap
miss
Fail to reach
undetected · oversight · lapse · gap · error · omission · inattention · carelessness · screening · vetting
slip, through, throughout, slipping, slips, slipped, slipperiness, slippy, throughway