let slip through fingers

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let slip through fingers
let (someone) slip through (your) fingers
to allow someone to escape from you.
The police let the main suspect slip through their fingers.

let (something) slip through (your) fingers
1.
to waste an opportunity to achieve something.
This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can't let it slip through my fingers.

Usage notes: sometimes used without let:
He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

2.
to fail to get or keep something.
The team lost one of their star players to Seattle last year, and didn't want to let another slip through their fingers.

let (something) slip through (your) fingers
1.
to waste an opportunity to achieve something.
This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can't let it slip through my fingers.

Usage notes: sometimes used without let:
He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

2.
to fail to get or keep something.
The team lost one of their star players to Seattle last year, and didn't want to let another slip through their fingers.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

let something slip through fingers
let (something) slip through (your) fingers
1.
to waste an opportunity to achieve something.
This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can't let it slip through my fingers.

Usage notes: sometimes used without let:
He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

2.
to fail to get or keep something.
The team lost one of their star players to Seattle last year, and didn't want to let another slip through their fingers.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary

let someone slip through fingers
let (someone) slip through (your) fingers
to allow someone to escape from you.
The police let the main suspect slip through their fingers.

let (something) slip through (your) fingers
1.
to waste an opportunity to achieve something.
This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can't let it slip through my fingers.

Usage notes: sometimes used without let:
He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

2.
to fail to get or keep something.
The team lost one of their star players to Seattle last year, and didn't want to let another slip through their fingers.

let (something) slip through (your) fingers
1.
to waste an opportunity to achieve something.
This is my big chance to make a career in journalism and I can't let it slip through my fingers.

Usage notes: sometimes used without let:
He has seen the world championship slip through his fingers twice.

2.
to fail to get or keep something.
The team lost one of their star players to Seattle last year, and didn't want to let another slip through their fingers.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary


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