slip through someone's fingers in English

Forms: slips through someone's fingers [present, singular, third-person], slipping through someone's fingers [participle, present], slipped through someone's fingers [participle, past], slipped through someone's fingers [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=slip through someone's fingers}} slip through someone's fingers (third-person singular simple present slips through someone's fingers, present participle slipping through someone's fingers, simple past and past participle slipped through someone's fingers)

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        "To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured."
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "door de vingers glippen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "passer sous le nez"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "durch die Lappen gehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kicsúscik a kezéből"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ganga úr greipum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "imigh idir méara duine éigin"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "escapar por entre os dedos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "escaparse entre los dedos"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slip through someone's fingers"
}

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    {
      "form": "slips through someone's fingers",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "door de vingers glippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "passer sous le nez"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "durch die Lappen gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kicsúscik a kezéből"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ganga úr greipum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "imigh idir méara duine éigin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "escapar por entre os dedos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "escaparse entre los dedos"
    }
  ],
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"slip through someone's fingers" meaning in English

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