get away with

Example Sentences

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Will the new rules allow homeowners to get away with things they shouldn’t and abuse community rules?

From Los Angeles Times

While homeschooling is technically illegal, Zhao said families can generally "get away with it without causing too much attention".

From Barron's

“Agencies owe a duty to the public to be more proactive and more transparent, even than the bare minimum letter of the law might allow them to get away with,” Loy said.

From Los Angeles Times

Sentencing him, Judge Vanessa Francis told Crump his offending was "breathtakingly harmful" and the trust placed in him meant he thought he "could get away with it".

From BBC

"My cynical side, after almost 20 years in this field, wonders how they're actually going to monitor and regulate this. I don't think the government has the resources to investigate, so employers may still get away with noncompliance. But if people run into problems, they can make a complaint and it will be looked into."

From BBC