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skate on

skate on verb: to escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.

Verb

skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skating on, simple past and past participle skated on)

  1. (transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
    • I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To barely hold on or maintain.
    • He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago.
    Synonyms:
    get off

Synonyms of skate on

Forms of skate on

third-person singular presentskates on
present participleskating on
past participleskated on
pastskated on

Questions about skate on

What does skate on mean?
Skate on means to escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
What part of speech is skate on?
Skate on is a verb.
What is the past tense of skate on?
The past tense of skate on is skated on.

Words near skate on in the dictionary

  1. skate
  2. skate around
  3. skate by
  4. skate key
  5. skate keys
  6. skate on
  7. skate on thin ice
  8. skate one's lane
  9. skate over
  10. skate park
  11. skate parks

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