"fall between the cracks" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall between the cracks.ogg [Australia] Forms: falls between the cracks [present, singular, third-person], falling between the cracks [participle, present], fell between the cracks [past], fallen between the cracks [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> between the cracks}} 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)
  1. (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 Related terms: fall between two stools, fall through the cracks
    Sense id: en-fall_between_the_cracks-en-verb-DM~MFyTX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for fall between the cracks meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "text": "I submitted my application for student finance months ago, but haven't heard back. I think I've fallen between the cracks."
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        "(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."
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        "(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."
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