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to slip through the net
01
(of a person) to be neglected or go unnoticed, particularly by a social or political system that should have been more responsible
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idiom
informal
Exemples
Many homeless teenagers slip through the net because no agency takes responsibility for them.
02
(of something particularly an issue) to go unnoticed or to be overlooked within a system, plan, or organization, etc.
![to [slip|fall] through the net definition and meaning](https://cdn.langeek.co/photo/44840/original/?type=jpeg "to [slip|fall] through the net definition and meaning")
idiom
informal
Exemples
That detail slipped through the net during the final review.
