When flu strikes, why are some family members reduced to shivering wrecks1 under their duvets, while others get off with little more than a snuffle?
She was lucky to get off with a suspended sentence.
She expected to get off with a light prison term
He was lucky to get off with a small fine.
He is likely to get off with a small fine.
Helen: Why? Did you really think that I was trying to get off with Dominic?
She is lucky to get off with just a few bruise.