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
例
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.
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idiom
informal
例
That detail slipped through the net during the final review.
