fall through the cracks in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fall through the cracks",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a problem falls through the cracks, it is not noticed, even though there was a way to catch this type of problem."
      ],
      "id": "simple-fall_through_the_cracks-en-phrase-vxeimkgk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall through the cracks"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fall through the cracks",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Complete every item, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a problem falls through the cracks, it is not noticed, even though there was a way to catch this type of problem."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall through the cracks"
}

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"fall through the cracks" meaning in English

Phrase