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get away

verb as in break

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Zain acknowledges there is no getting away from the fact the comedians in Riyadh won’t be making jokes about the state or its leaders, as they would elsewhere.

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A lighter sentence would "let the defendant get away with years of domestic violence and abuse," she said.

From BBC

The documentary shows us what’s really happening, tracking one horrific example of what administrators get away with.

King was taken off in the second half when the game was getting away from Fulham, however, and Villa had carved them open a fair few times by the end.

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He had come to Portland two years ago “to get away from all the craziness,” he said, and found it to be safe.

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

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