slip through the net

Meaning

1. when sb / sth slips through the net, an organization or a system fails to find them and deal with them

   We tried to contact all former students, but one or two slipped through the net.

From the same entry

• let slip
• let slip
• slip your mind
• slip one over on
• out of gear
• roll off the tongue
• slip away
• slip out
• slip up
• give the slip
• a slip of a boy, girl
• a slip of the pen