get away with
Avoid deserved punishment
To get away with something is to do it without suffering consequences—especially something wrong, risky, or against the rules.
A criminal gets away with a crime by avoiding punishment.
Someone gets away with a lie by not being caught.
The phrase often carries a note of injustice or luck: He gets away with murder because he's the boss's son.
I can't believe she got away with wearing that to the interview.
- acquitFind not liable
- unpunishedLacking deserved consequences
- get offDepart from transport
- get off lightlySuffer less than expected
- scot-freeWithout penalty or harm
slap on the wrist · dodge · impunity · above the law · escape · loophole · beat the system · evade · elude · fly under the radar · slip through the cracks · avoid · sneak · circumvent · guilt-free · shirk · outsmart · audacity
get away withpay the price
Suffer deserved consequences
answer for · pay for · face the music · reap what one sows · take the fall
get away withfail
Be unsuccessful
blow up in one's face · backfire · come undone · fall apart · blow it
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