get off lightly en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm.
My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.
@Socrates Got off lightly, all things considered. They just want me to drink this hemlock stuff. BRB. 8.11am, March 22, 399 BC
2012, Kelvin MacKenzie, Chas Newkey-Burden, The Twitter History of the World, London: John Blake, →ISBN, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gotten off lightly | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got off lightly | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got off lightly | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| getting off lightly | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gets off lightly | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
ru легко отделаться (end up with a mild punishment) · no slippe billig unna (end up with a mild punishment) · fr s'en tirer à bon compte (end up with a mild punishment)