Usually means: Evade consequences for wrongful actions.
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  1. get away with: Merriam-Webster
  2. get away with: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. get away with: Collins English Dictionary
  4. get away with: Wiktionary
  5. get away with: Dictionary.com
  6. get away with: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. get away with: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. get away with: Legal dictionary

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  1. get away with: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get away with)

verb:  To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one.
verb:  (idiomatic) To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.
verb:  (colloquial, by extension) To avoid the consequences of doing something by an easier method.

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