get away with
Verb
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Verb
get away with
To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one. - The thieves got away with a million pounds' worth of jewellery.
- (idiomatic) To escape punishment for doing something or avoid doing some work.
- Do you think we could get away with taking Dad’s car?
- Not many people have gotten away with stealing that much money.
- Our teacher's so strict, he'd never let us get away with anything in class.
- German: davonkommen, durchkommen, ungeschoren davonkommen
- Italian: farla franca, cavarsela
- Portuguese: passar batido
- Russian: сойти́ с рук
- Spanish: irse de rositas
- Italian: cavarsela
- Russian: уви́ливать
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