get away with

get away with
1. • get away with something / with it not be caught after doing wrong уйти от наказания

The police didn’t find the thief. He got away with his crime. He got away with it.

2. • get away with something to escape punishment for wrongdoing избежать наказания за плохое дело

The thieves were never found, so they got away with their crime. They got away with the stolen diamonds. Whatever he did, he managed to get away with it.


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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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