skate on (English, verb)
expansion: skate on (third-person singular simple present skates on, present participle skating on, simple past and past participle skated on)
Senses:
glosses: To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.
tags: transitive
glosses: To barely hold on or maintain.
tags: broadly
transitive
raw_tags: from skate on thin ice
Forms:
form: skates on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skating on
tags: participle
present
form: skated on
tags: participle
past
form: skated on
tags: past