get off lightly
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get off lightly (third-person singular simple present gets off lightly, present participle getting off lightly, simple past got off lightly, past participle (UK) got off lightly or (US) gotten off lightly)
- (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.
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end up with a mild punishment
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