"slip under the radar" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-slip under the radar.ogg Forms: slips under the radar [present, singular, third-person], slipping under the radar [participle, present], slipped under the radar [participle, past], slipped under the radar [past]
Etymology: From military contexts, where aircraft would fly low to avoid being detected by radar. Head templates: {{en-verb|slip<> under the radar}} slip under the radar (third-person singular simple present slips under the radar, present participle slipping under the radar, simple past and past participle slipped under the radar)
  1. (idiomatic) To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fly under the radar
    Sense id: en-slip_under_the_radar-en-verb-a~i~Tc-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From military contexts, where aircraft would fly low to avoid being detected by radar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slips under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipping under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipped under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipped under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slip<> under the radar"
      },
      "expansion": "slip under the radar (third-person singular simple present slips under the radar, present participle slipping under the radar, simple past and past participle slipped under the radar)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "unnoticed",
          "unnoticed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fly under the radar"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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}

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  "etymology_text": "From military contexts, where aircraft would fly low to avoid being detected by radar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "slips under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipping under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipped under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slipped under the radar",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "slip<> under the radar"
      },
      "expansion": "slip under the radar (third-person singular simple present slips under the radar, present participle slipping under the radar, simple past and past participle slipped under the radar)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unnoticed",
          "unnoticed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/En-au-slip_under_the_radar.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fly under the radar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slip under the radar"
}

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