VERB
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escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
She gets away with murder!
I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities -
run away from confinement
The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison -
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer
We escaped to our summer house for a few days
How To Use get away In A Sentence
- It explains why some people must have a full eight hours' kip while others get away with half that. The Sun
- How can your competitor get away with not adding that tax and ace you out of yet another job?
- After appearing to get away to near perfect starts Hutchinson and Campbell were called OCS and had to make an agonising return to restart. ISAF News
- Marine pilots were advised to drop warning messages on the towns or villages concerned, allowing civilians time to get away. Warfare in the Twentieth Century
- It is hard nowadays to get away with something so elemental. Times, Sunday Times
- He claimed she had told him:'The local police are corrupt and if you pay them you can get away with anything. The Sun
- How can he be allowed to get away with such blatant, unhistorical nonsense?
- How long they get away with it depends on how long they can sow confusion and doubt.
- Let's get away for the weekend. A change of scene will do you good.
- As an electioneerer, I can get away with any of 'em. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times
