slip through someone's fingers en · VERB
Meanings
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To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured.
"So you let the German spy slip through your fingers after all," protested Mr Carlyle warmly.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| slipping through someone's fingers | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slipped through someone's fingers | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| slipped through someone's fingers | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| slips through someone's fingers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
nl door de vingers glippen (Translations) · fi valua käsistä (Translations) · is ganga úr greipum (Translations) · de durch die Lappen gehen (Translations) · es escaparse entre los dedos (Translations) · pl przejść koło nosa (Translations) · fr filer entre les doigts (Translations) · hu kicsúscik a kezéből (Translations) · fr passer sous le nez (Translations) · pl przechodzić koło nosa (Translations) · ga imigh idir méara duine éigin (Translations) · ro scăpa printre degete (Translations) · pt escapar por entre os dedos (Translations)