get away with murder
To do something very bad without being caught or punished.
John is scolded if he is late with his homework, but Robert gets away with murder.
Mrs. Smith lets her children get away with murder.
get away with
To do (something bad or wrong) without being caught or punished.
Some students get away without doing their homework.
Jonathan tries to get away with coming late to work almost every day; someday he’ll suffer the consequences.
Terence can’t continue to put his friends down like that and expect to get away with it forever.
get away
To get loose or get free; become free from being held or controlled; succeed in leaving; escape.
Освободится; перестать быть контролируемым; уйти от городского шума, нервотрепки; сменить обстановку.
As Jim was trying the bat, it got away from him and hit Tom.
Someone left the door open, and the puppy got away.
Mary tried to catch a butterfly, but it got away from her.
The bank robbers used a stolen car to get away.
If Mr. Graham can get away from his store this afternoon, he will take Johnny fishing.
We bought a little house in the country to get away from it all.
Мы купили маленький домик в сельской местности чтобы сменить обстановку.
We always try to get away from the noise and heat of the city for a month or two each summer.
No one knows how the suspected criminal got away from the police.
To begin; start.
We got away early in the morning on the first day of our vacation.
The race got away to a fast start.
get back at
To do something bad to (someone who has done something bad to you) hurt in return.
John played a joke on Henry, and next day Henry got back at him.
The elephant waited many years to get back at the man who fed him red pepper.
get back
To return
Mr. Harris got back from his business trip to Chicago this morning.
Could you get the children back home by five o'clock?
get behind
To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly.
The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail.
If you get behind in your car payments, the finance company may repossess it from you.
To support; help.
A club is much better if members get behind their leaders.
We got behind Mary to be class president.
To explain; find out the reason for.
The police are questioning many people to try and get behind the bank robbery.
get better
get worse
To become better, worse, etc.
Heather has been sick for a month, but now she is getting better.
This medicine isn't helping me. Instead of getting better, I'm getting worse.
get busy
To accelerate the pace in one's activities.
We've got to get busy if we want to make the deadline.