"skate on" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: skates on [present, singular, third-person], skates on [participle, present], skated on [participle, past], skated on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|skate<,skates> on}} skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skates on, simple past and past participle skated on)
  1. (transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-skate_on-en-verb-TlprfK9z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "on", Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "on": 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8
  2. (transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) To barely hold on or maintain. Tags: broadly, transitive Synonyms: get off
    Sense id: en-skate_on-en-verb-8o4qWpMr
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    {
      "form": "skated on",
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          "_dis": "92 8",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court."
      ],
      "id": "en-skate_on-en-verb-TlprfK9z",
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "acquit",
          "acquit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago."
        }
      ],
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        "To barely hold on or maintain."
      ],
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          "skate on thin ice",
          "skate on thin ice"
        ],
        [
          "hold on",
          "hold on"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) To barely hold on or maintain."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from skate on thin ice"
      ],
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "word": "get off"
        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skate on"
}
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  "forms": [
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    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "acquit",
          "acquit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To barely hold on or maintain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skate on thin ice",
          "skate on thin ice"
        ],
        [
          "hold on",
          "hold on"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) To barely hold on or maintain."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from skate on thin ice"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "get off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skate on"
}

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