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To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
door de vingers glippen
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Finnish:
valua käsistä
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French:
passer sous le nez
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French:
filer entre les doigts
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German:
durch die Lappen gehen
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Hungarian:
kicsúscik a kezéből
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Icelandic:
ganga úr greipum
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Irish:
imigh idir méara duine éigin
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Polish:
przechodzić koło nosa
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Polish:
przejść koło nosa
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Portuguese:
escapar por entre os dedos
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Romanian:
scăpa printre degete
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Spanish:
escaparse entre los dedos
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