skated on

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