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Synonyms for gat away with
verb break away from

fly
dodge
depart
emerge
avoid
evade
leave
slip
elude
run
vanish
flee

disappear
elope
abscond
skip
pass
double
decamp
bolt
duck
shun
circumvent
desert

bail out
cut loose
get off
make off
slip away
burst out
cut and run
duck out
fly the coop
get away with
go scot-free
make getaway

make oneself scarce
play hooky
run away
run off
run out on
steal away
take a powder
take flight
take on the lam
work out of
wriggle out

Antonyms for gat away with

walk
confront
wait
aid
assist
capture
remain

face
stay
encounter
meet
arrive
come
continue

take on
stand
appear
accept
help

Synonyms
verb escape without penalty

acquit
get off
walk

clear of charges
escape punishment
find not guilty

get away with
get off scot-free
go free

go scot free
receive not-guilty verdict

Synonyms
verb escape

emerge
depart
skip
duck
elude
slip
pass
vanish
circumvent
disappear
blow
avoid
dodge
run

abscond
decamp
bolt
shun
flee
desert
fly
elope
double
evade
leave
bail out
break out
cut loose

get off
make off
burst out
cut and run
duck out
fly the coop
get away
get away with
give someone the slip
go scot-free
make a getaway
make getaway
make oneself scarce
play hooky

run away
run off
run out on
slip away
steal away
take a powder
take flight
take it on the lam
take on the lam
work out of
wriggle out

Antonyms

wait
confront
aid
assist
come in
walk
remain

arrive
come
continue
stay
face
meet
take on

encounter
accept
appear
help
stand
stop

Usage Notes

For nearly 400 years, forms of get have been used with a following past participle to form the passive voice: She got engaged when she was 19. He won’t get accepted with those grades. This use of get rather than of forms of to be in the passive is found today chiefly in speech and informal writing. In British English got is the regular past participle of get, and gotten survives only in a few set phrases, such as ill-gotten gains. In American English gotten, although occasionally criticized, is an alternative standard past participle in most senses, especially in the senses “to receive” or “to acquire”: I have gotten (or got) all that I ever hoped for. Have or has got in the sense “must” has been in use since the early 19th century; often the have or has is contracted: You’ve got to carry your passport at all times. The use of have (or has) got in the sense of “to possess” goes back to the 15th century; it is also frequently contracted: She’s got a master’s degree in biology. These uses are occasionally criticized as redundant on the grounds that have alone expresses the meaning adequately, but they are well established and fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. In some contexts in American English, substituting gotten for got produces a change in meaning: She’s got (possesses) a new job. She’s gotten (has aquired) a new job. He’s got to (must) attend the wedding. He’s gotten to (has been allowed or enabled to) attend. The children have got (are suffering from) the measles. The children have gotten (have caught) the measles. The use of got without have or has to mean “must” (I got to buy a new suit) is characteristic of the most relaxed, informal speech and does not occur in edited writing except in representations of speech. Gotta is a pronunciation spelling representing this use.