Definition
To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.
In Context
- "Do you think we could get away with taking Dad’s car?"
- "Not many people have gotten away with stealing that much money."
- "Our teacher's so strict, he'd never let us get away with anything in class."
- "The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable."