get away with murder

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get away with murder

verb gets away with murder · getting away with murder · got away with murder · gotten away with murder

  1. excessive To do something bad or illegal and escape the punishment that others would receive. Just yesterday it was fashionable to be black. Remember? Any black writer could get away with murder, just as any Jewish-American writer can get away with murder.

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verb to do something bad or illegal and not be punished

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@misc{get_away_with_murder_2026,
  title = {get away with murder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20away%20with%20murder},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}