Usually means: Skillfully navigate through a difficulty.
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  1. thread-the-needle: Merriam-Webster
  2. thread-the-needle: Wordnik
  3. thread the needle: Wiktionary
  4. thread the needle: Dictionary.com
  5. thread the needle: FreeDictionary.org
  6. thread the needle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Thread the Needle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (thread the needle)

verb:  (idiomatic) To manage to find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc.
verb:  (skydiving) To fly through a narrow gap; typically using a wingsuit.
noun:  A game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding their neighbor, runs between the others.

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