slip through the net

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to not be caught or dealt with by the system that should be catching or dealing with you The system is failing and mental patients who badly need help are still slipping through the net. Innocent people have been falsely convicted while the guilty ones may be slipping through the net.

See also: net, slip, through

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Byline: BY ADAM ASPINALL A PAEDOPHILE teacher was allowed to slip through the net for eight years while he taught at a Midlands school. FREED TO MOLEST FOR 8 MORE YEARS; EXCLUSIVE: Paedophile allowed to ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Officers are failing to put arrests on their database within the 24-hour deadline, meaning offenders could slip through the net and be allowed to get jobs with youngsters. Police rap over child sex beasts by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Byline: By FIONA WYNNE SOCCER star Ronaldo might be a hero on the pitch - but he's sure to be wondering why he let this stunner slip through the net. A World Cups performance by The Mirror (London, England)			slink in slink off slink out slip slip a Mickey slip around slip away slip back slip between the cracks slip by slip down slip five slip from slip in slip into slip mind slip of the tongue slip off slip on slip out slip over slip over on slip past slip through slip through fingers slip through the net slip trolley slip up slip up on slippery slippery as an eel slippery customer slippery slope slither slither along slither away slob up slobber over slog slog guts out slog through slop slop around slop on slop out slop over slope slope away from slope down slope toward slope up			Slip ratio slip ring slip ring slip ring Slip Ring Motor Slip Ring Unit Slip rings Slip rings slip road slip road slip roads slip roads Slip rope slip ropes Slip Sheet slip sheets slip sill slip speed slip step slip stitch slip stitch slip stitches slip stone Slip stopper Slip stream Slip stream slip surface slip through slip through fingers slip through the cracks slip through the net slip tongue slip tongue slip trolley slip up slip up slip up on slip velocity slip, propagation by slip, propagation by slip, propagation by slip, propagation by Slip, Slip, Knit slip-cast Slip-critical joint slip-joint conduit slip-joint pliers slip-joint pliers Pliers Slip-knot Slip-knot slip-off slope slip-on slip-on blood pump Slip-on Flange Slip-on Flange slip-ons slip-over slip-resistant slip-resistant tile slip-sheet slip-sheeted

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