Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 414
Speak Better English with Harry
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Get Away With Something
To get away with something here is to escape without being detected. Or you might have made a little bit of a mistake. You were planning a surprise for your wife, for her birthday or for Christmas,. But you left the box out on the bed and she didn't realize she was going to be home so early. So you got away with it. Get behind can be used in a couple of ways: support your local team; fall behind at work because you're not able to keep up.; return an email which says, leave it with me. I'll get back to you later.
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