"fall between the cracks" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> between the cracks"
      },
      "expansion": "fall between the cracks (third-person singular simple present falls between the cracks, present participle falling between the cracks, simple past fell between the cracks, past participle fallen between the cracks)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I submitted my application for student finance months ago, but haven't heard back. I think I've fallen between the cracks.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked."
      ],
      "id": "en-fall_between_the_cracks-en-verb-DM~MFyTX",
      "links": [
        [
          "overlook",
          "overlook"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fall between two stools"
        },
        {
          "word": "fall through the cracks"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "fall between the cracks"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falls between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falling between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fell between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fallen between the cracks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fall<,,fell,fallen> between the cracks"
      },
      "expansion": "fall between the cracks (third-person singular simple present falls between the cracks, present participle falling between the cracks, simple past fell between the cracks, past participle fallen between the cracks)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fall between two stools"
    },
    {
      "word": "fall through the cracks"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I submitted my application for student finance months ago, but haven't heard back. I think I've fallen between the cracks.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overlook",
          "overlook"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "fall between the cracks"
}