away with you

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It will also give insight into which child is bored and which child may be depressed, which child needs more work and which child needs a weekend away with you.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

However, I was talking to my mother about this and she thinks it’s a terrible idea because it’s “buying friendship” and “if they want to go away with you, they’ll pay for themselves.”

From Slate • May 11, 2020

Mary: “But now you’ll take them away with you to Boston.”

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

So in participants' minds, doing "what is right" was replaced by doing what is OK by the lawyers and the compliance officers: Doing what you can get away with, you might call it.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012

“Couldn’t I just run away with you? You and I . . . couldn’t we just run away together?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins