get away withsomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
(AVOID PUNISHMENT)
B2
tosucceedinavoidingpunishmentfor something:
If IthoughtI could get away with it, I wouldn'tpaymytaxesat all.
- Byjumpingover thebarriers, he got away withoutpayingfor aticket.
- Everyonethinkshe'sguiltyof therobbery, but itlookslike he's going to get away with it.
- It'stimethey put astopto hisbadbehaviour. He's been getting away with it for toolong.
- She'sdeterminedthat herstudentswill not get away withplagiarism.
- That's such anoldtrick. I can'tbelievehe gets away with it.
Not punishing & reducing punishment
- absolve
- amnesty
- clemency
- commutation
- diplomatic immunity
- discharge
- diversion
- get off
- get off lightlyphrase
- hook
- impunity
- let
- letsomeoneoff
- mitigation
- off the hookidiom
- remission
- royal pardon
- scot-free
- spare
- unpunished
(SUCCEED)
to do somethingsuccessfullyalthoughit is not thebestway of doing it:
Do youthinkwe could get away with just onecoatofpainton thatwall?
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- A game
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- bear
- go (like/down) a bombidiom
- go from strength to strengthidiom
- go into orbitidiom
- go placesidiom
- go the whole hogidiom
- grade
- kill
- rise
- sewsomethingup
- slam dunk
- smash itidiom
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead