get away with

get away with
escape blame or punishment for.
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  • get away with murder — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something very bad without being caught or punished. * /John is scolded if he is late with his homework, but Robert gets away with murder./ * /Mrs. Smith lets her children get away with murder./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get away with murder — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something very bad without being caught or punished. * /John is scolded if he is late with his homework, but Robert gets away with murder./ * /Mrs. Smith lets her children get away with murder./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get away with — {v.}, {informal} To do (something bad or wrong) without being caught or punished. * /Some students get away without doing their homework./ See: GET BY(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get away with — {v.}, {informal} To do (something bad or wrong) without being caught or punished. * /Some students get away without doing their homework./ See: GET BY(3) …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To get away with — Get Get (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster] We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To arrive at, or bring one s self into, a state,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • get away with — phrasal to avoid criticism or punishment for or the consequences of (as a reprehensible act) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Get Away from Me — Infobox Album | Name = Get Away from Me Type = Album Artist = Nellie McKay Released = February 10, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Singer Songwriter, Pop, Rock Length = 61:31 Label = Columbia Producer = Geoff Emerick Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http …   Wikipedia

  • Getting Away with Murder — is an idiom that means to get away with what other people are punished for.Getting Away with Murder may also refer to:* Getting Away With Murder (play) a comedy thriller stage play by Miles Tredinnick* Getting Away With Murder (story) a murder… …   Wikipedia

  • Come Away with Me — Studio album by Norah Jones Released February 26, 2002 …   Wikipedia

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