GET AWAY WITH Definition & Meaning

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get away with

Escape the consequences or blame for, as in Bill often cheats on exams but usually gets away with it . [Late 1800s]
get away with murder . Escape the consequences of killing someone; also, do anything one wishes. For example, If the jury doesn't convict him, he'll have gotten away with murder , or He talks all day on the phone—the supervisor is letting him get away with murder . [First half of 1900s]

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The federal courts can’t let them get away with this.

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"We won't let them get away with it," she added.

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The difference now — well, one difference — is we are living in a time without guardrails, when the ethos at the top seems to be Do What You Want, Lie Outrageously and Trust That You’ll Get Away With It, when all sorts of hard-won, long-established public goods are being crippled by executive caveat and formerly more-or-less independent institutions scramble to paint the roses red in order to keep their heads.

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And don’t think that you might get away with it because the IRS will be seriously understaffed.

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Gregory believes the high number of disappearances is largely due to the extent with which criminal factions get away with murder.

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