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    Idiom: Get Off Lightly

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    get off lightly 

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    How to pronounce "get off lightly":

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    To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm.

    Example: "My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg."

    A-Z Proximities

    • get it on
    • get it out of my system
    • get late
    • get lost
    • get moving
    • get off lightly
    • get off one's chest
    • get off one's high horse
    • get off the ground
    • get off the mark
    • get on someone's grill

    Similar Idioms

    • get off lightly
    • take lightly
    • get off one's chest
    • get off one's high horse
    • get off the ground
    • get off the mark
    • get the dirty water off one's chest

    Similar Phrases

    • lightly armored
    • lightly armoured
    • get off
    • get off the ground
    • get a line
    • get a load
    • get a look
    • get a whiff
    • get a noseful
    • get about
    • get across
    • get ahead
    • get along
    • get along with
    • get around to
    • get on with
    • get the hang
    • get around
    • get at
    • get away
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