(also be let off lightly)STRICT to be punished in a way that is less severe than you deserve 逃脱重罚,获得轻判
He got off lightly because his father was a lawyer.
他获得轻判,因为父亲是一名律师。
Examples from the Corpus
get off lightly• I'm letting you off lightly this time, but next time you could end up in jail.• But that doesn't mean that the person responsible should be allowed to get off lightly.• Mind you, Little Liz got off lightly.• Reno got off lightlycompared to Curran.• You got off lightly in the alleytonight.• Bill Stubbly had got off lightly - so far.• Really she was getting off lightly with a few glasses of bleach.• He'd got off lightly with the men earlier.