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What does fall through the cracks mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) to be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention
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My brief is to liaise with the prosecuting authorities and make sure that the case doesn't fall through the cracks.
This is a case that the courts have let fall through the cracks through a variety of sort of technical procedural barriers.
I'm not voting because I fall through the cracks and nobody will miss me, but I will not go down fighting.
Unfortunately, there are going to be those who fall through the cracks, into a life of bass fishing and stockcar racing.
There are times when economies are booming, but people continue to fall through the cracks.
It is too easy for some people to fall through the cracks and too likely that others will give up in frustration or anger.

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