Meaning of skate on | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
   transitive
2. To barely hold on or maintain.
   broadly, transitive

Examples

“I don't know how she skated on those charges, but the jury said not guilty.”

“He's been skating on his friendship with the boss, or he'd have been fired a long time ago.”

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