See slip through someone's fingers on Wiktionary
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"To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured."
],
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"word": "door de vingers glippen"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "valua käsistä"
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"word": "passer sous le nez"
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"word": "filer entre les doigts"
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"word": "durch die Lappen gehen"
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"word": "kicsúscik a kezéből"
},
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"word": "ganga úr greipum"
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"word": "imigh idir méara duine éigin"
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"word": "przechodzić koło nosa"
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"word": "przejść koło nosa"
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"word": "escapar por entre os dedos"
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"word": "filer entre les doigts"
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"word": "durch die Lappen gehen"
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"word": "kicsúscik a kezéből"
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"word": "ganga úr greipum"
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"word": "imigh idir méara duine éigin"
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"word": "przejść koło nosa"
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"word": "escapar por entre os dedos"
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"word": "slip through someone's fingers"
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