The kidnapper got away with little Brian.
•The burglars got away with a lot of cash and some diamonds.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get away with murder — To do as one pleases yet escape punishment or censure • • • Main Entry: ↑murder * * * get away with murder informal phrase to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished They get away with murder in that job. Thesaurus: to escape or… … Useful english dictionary
get away with murder — Someone who gets away with murder can do something unacceptable without being punished or criticized. She has no control over her kids. They get away with murder … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Get away with you! — British & Australian, old fashioned something that you say when someone says something that is silly, surprising or not true. Be honest with me, do I look fat in these trousers? Get away with you! … New idioms dictionary
get away withmurder — Someone who gets away with murder can do something unacceptable without being punished or criticized. Some parents let their kids get away with murder … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
do away with — verb terminate, end, or take out (Freq. 1) Let s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics Socialism extinguished these archaic customs eliminate my debts • Syn: ↑extinguish, ↑eliminate, ↑get rid of … Useful english dictionary
do away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms do away with : present tense I/you/we/they do away with he/she/it does away with present participle doing away with past tense did away with past participle done away with 1) do away with something to get rid… … English dictionary
get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
get*/*/*/ — [get] (past tense got [gɒt] ; past participle got) verb 1) [T] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s father got a new job.[/ex] Did you get tickets for the game?[/ex] You get ten points for each correct answer.[/ex] Young players will… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… … English World dictionary
make away with — 1 she decided to make away with him: KILL, murder, dispatch, eliminate; informal bump off, do away with, do in, do for, knock off, top, croak, stiff, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, smoke, waste; poetic/lite … Useful english dictionary
