skate on

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skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skates 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. (transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) 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.

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