"skate on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skates on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skates on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skated on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skated on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skate<,skates> on"
      },
      "expansion": "skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skates on, simple past and past participle skated on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-skate_on-en-verb-8o4qWpMr",
      "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"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "word": "get off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skate on"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (on)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skates on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skates on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skated on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skated on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "skate<,skates> on"
      },
      "expansion": "skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skates on, simple past and past participle skated on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "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"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skate on"
}