Comment by Gibbon1
17 days ago
There was a man arrested in Santa Clara county because his DNA was tracked to a murder scene by the paramedics that treated him before they were called to the scene of the murder. He only got away with it because the public defender realized that he was in the hospitals detox at the time of the murder.
Typically, the “it” in the phrase “got away with it” refers to an action that broke the rules.
he only got away from it (it being the allegation)
“Got off” would be more appropriate
"got off" implies he was guilty but got away with it. I'd say "vindicated" or "absolved" fit the bill here.