get away with
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.
Example Sentences
- "The thieves got away with a million pounds' worth of jewellery."
- "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."
- "It's warm today, so you can probably get away with just wearing a short-sleeved shirt."
Usage
Inflected Forms
gets away with (present, singular)
getting away with (participle, present)
got away with (past)
got away with (UK, participle)
gotten away with (US, participle)