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JCDenton Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Phrase "getting a way with someone/something (US english)"

Hi guys,

could you please explain the difference between the following two groups of lines to me?

1)

- Should a county sheriff get a way with playing lawyer and over riding a judge's court order?

- Some people can get a way with just wearing a retainer to straighten their teeth.

versus

2)

- My best advice is find a babysitter and get a way with him.

- Quarles, probably just let some emotions get a way with him and took some criticism too personally.

Please what's the base difference between getting a way with something / someone?

Could you please clear this up to me?

thanks a lot in advance

Tomáš
  

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Hi, could you please explain the difference between the following two groups of lines to me? a way away 1) - Should a county sheriff get a way with playing lawyer and over riding a judge's court order? get away with something = be allowed to do something without suffering adverse consequences.

— Clive

  • Hi, could you please explain the difference between the following two groups of lines to me?
  • a way away 1) - Should a county sheriff get a way with playing lawyer and over riding a judge's court order?
  • get away with something = be allowed to do something without suffering adverse consequences.
  • eg Tom got away with murdering his wife.
  • No-one found out that he did it.
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Hi,

could you please explain the difference between the following two groups of lines to me?

a way away

1)

- Should a county sheriff get a way with playing lawyer and over riding a judge's court order?

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Thanks a lot Clive for explanations!

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