潜り抜ける

くぐりぬける【潜り抜ける】

1 〔通り抜ける〕 pass [get, go] through [under]…; make one's way through….

●木戸をくぐり抜ける pass through a (low) wicket.

2 〔うまく逃れる〕 avoid; evade; elude; get around 《the law》; slip [break] through….

●法の網をくぐり抜ける evade [dodge, get around] the law; exploit a loophole in the law; flee from justice. [＝法網をくぐる ⇒ほうもう]

●警察の非常線をくぐり抜けた. He slipped [broke, escaped] through the police cordon.

3 〔切り抜ける〕 survive 《a disaster》; surmount 《an obstacle》; come through…(unscathed).

●戦火をくぐり抜ける survive a war; come through a war unscathed

・競争率 50 倍という難関をくぐり抜ける surmount the difficult obstacle of a 50-to-one competition ratio.