She sat and thought and worked out how little truth she could get away with.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
Not in those days. I knew all about what you got away with, Bruce.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
She's just as guilty as him, and you're going to let her get away with murder.
Peter Robinson AFTERMATH (2001)
I stared straight ahead, my mind clicking away with the cameras.
Lisa Scottoline LEGAL TENDER (2001)
All related terms of 'away with'
do away with
To do away with something means to remove it completely or put an end to it.
get away with
If you get away with doing something wrong or risky , you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it.
make away with
to steal or abduct
run away with
If you let your imagination or your emotions run away with you, you fail to control them and cannot think sensibly.
walk away with
If you walk away with something such as a prize , you win it or get it very easily.
away with the fairies
out of touch with reality
get away with murder
If you say that someone gets away with murder , you are complaining that they can do whatever they like without anyone trying to control them or punish them.
be away with the fairies
to behave in a strange way that seems to be out of touch with reality
send someone away with a flea in their ear
to angrily reject someone's suggestions or attempts to do something
give with one hand and take away with the other
to help someone in one way, but also do something which has the opposite effect, for example harming them or preventing them from achieving what they want