get off lightly

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Verb

get off lightly

(idiomatic) end up with a mild punishment
My cousin got off lightly with a spanking after he broke the boy’s leg

Translations

end up with a mild punishment

Russian: легко отделаться (leχkó otdélat’sja)

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