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fall through the cracks

fall through the cracks verb: to be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.

Verb

fall through the cracks (third-person singular simple present falls through the cracks, present participle falling through the cracks, simple past fell through the cracks, past participle fallen through the cracks)

  1. (idiomatic) To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.
    • Although more than two decades have passed, not a day goes by that I don't wonder how things could and should be different for the many children like Lydia who fall through the cracks because they are misdiagnosed, mistreated, or simply misunderstood.2008, Kari Dunn Buron, Pamela J. Wolfberg, Learners on the Autism Spectrum: Preparing Highly Qualified Educators

fall through the cracks meaning in Bengali

fall through the cracks in Bengali

কোনো কিছুর লক্ষ্যচ্যুত হওয়া, প্রয়োজনীয় দৃষ্টি, মনোযোগ এড়িয়ে যাওয়া

Forms of fall through the cracks

third-person singular presentfalls through the cracks
present participlefalling through the cracks
pastfell through the cracks
past participlefallen through the cracks

Questions about fall through the cracks

What does fall through the cracks mean?
Fall through the cracks means to be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.
What is fall through the cracks in Bengali?
Fall through the cracks in Bengali is কোনো কিছুর লক্ষ্যচ্যুত হওয়া, প্রয়োজনীয় দৃষ্টি, মনোযোগ এড়িয়ে যাওয়া. See Fall through the cracks meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is fall through the cracks?
Fall through the cracks is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall through the cracks?
The past tense of fall through the cracks is fell through the cracks.

Words near fall through the cracks in the dictionary

  1. fall streak
  2. fall streaks
  3. fall supper
  4. fall suppers
  5. fall through
  6. fall through the cracks
  7. fall time
  8. fall times
  9. fall to
  10. fall to bits
  11. fall to one's knees

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