English-Italian translations for get away with

• cavarsela
  Tuttavia, l'Arabia Saudita è senza dubbio un alleato degli USA e può cavarsela un po' meglio. However, Saudi Arabia is an ally of the US, of course, and can get away with that bit more.
  In tal modo, nessun Commissario potrà cavarsela dicendo: “Non sono responsabile, non ero al corrente della situazione”. Thus, no Commissioner will get away with saying ‘I am not responsible; I did not know what was happening’.
  Se vogliamo sconfiggere le irregolarità e le frodi dobbiamo cambiare la cultura del personale e la tendenza per cui si può cavarsela sempre, se si ha la copertura delle amicizie giuste. If we are to stamp out irregularities and fraud, we need to change the staff culture and the tendency for people' s being able to get away with murder if they have the right friends to cover for them.
• farla franca
  A quanto pare i grandi paesi possono farla franca più di quelli piccoli. Large countries can apparently get away with more than small ones.
  Perché viene permesso alla Turchia di farla franca con tale comportamento inaccettabile? Why is Turkey allowed to get away with such unacceptable behaviour?
  Ha ordinato il rapimento perché pensava di riuscire a farla franca. He ordered the kidnappings because he thought he might get away with it.

Definition of get away with

• To get away, or escape, taking with one
• To escape punishment for doing something or avoid doing some work

Examples

• The thieves got away with a million pounds worth of jewellery.
• Do you think we could get away with taking Dad’s car?
• Not many people have gotten away with stealing that much money
• Our teachers so strict, hed never let us get away with anything in class

Related words

• get away
• get away with murder
• get carried away
• getaway
• getaway car
• getaway vehicle