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get away with

VERB
beat the rap
Synonyms
WEAK
acquit clear of charges escape punishment find not guilty get off get off scot-free go free go scot-free receive not-guilty verdict walk
VERB
escape
Synonyms
STRONGEST
avoid depart disappear dodge elude emerge evade flee fly leave run slip slip away vanish
STRONG
abscond bolt circumvent decamp desert double duck elope pass shun skip
WEAK
bail out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get off go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on steal away take a powder take flight take on the lam work out of wriggle out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appear arrive come confront continue encounter face meet stand stay take on wait walk
STRONG
accept aid assist help
WEAK
capture remain
VERB
lam
Synonyms
STRONG
abscond avoid blow bolt circumvent decamp depart desert disappear dodge double duck elope elude emerge evade flee fly leave pass run shun skip vanish
WEAK
bail out break out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away get off give someone the slip go scot-free make a getaway make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on slip away steal away take a powder take flight take it on the lam take on the lam work out of wriggle out
Antonyms
STRONG
accept aid appear arrive assist come come in confront continue encounter face help meet remain stand stay stop take on wait walk

Example Sentences

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“I’m so grateful they’re getting what they deserve,” he said, “because they really thought that they could go in and destroy people’s lives, take all their money and take them away from their families and think that they can get away with that.”

From Los Angeles Times

Tolerant as his mother was of his usual mess level, there was no way she was going to let him get away with this.

From Literature

"We have to get the word out so people don't think they can get away with it."

From BBC

Markets are betting that he can get away with it, though.

From Barron's

"I just felt like it was a tactical approach that they were using regularly to get away with rescheduling flights that weren't viable."

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.