slip/fall through the net

idiom

: to fail to be noticed or included with others
There are plenty of talented players who slip through the net and never get to play professionally.

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On a Wednesday night in February, even after watching a shot fall through the net that ripped out the hearts of every Terps fan in the building, leaving them stunned and silent, Scott Van Pelt felt something. — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2025 Clearly those developing malware adapt their code to slip through the net, and that’s what drives this endless game of cat and mouse with Google. — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

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