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get away with

get away with

 
See:
get
part of speech: phrase
definition: to avoid being caught or punished for doing something wrong.
He almost got away with his crime, but new evidence brought about his conviction.Somehow she always gets away with cheating on her tests.He stole another one of my ideas, but he's not going to get away with it this time.