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gotten off lightly

gotten off lightly is the past participle of get off lightly.

Meaning of get off lightly

Verb

get off lightly (third-person singular simple present gets off lightly, present participle getting off lightly, simple past got off lightly, past participle (UK) got off lightly or (US) gotten off lightly)

  1. (idiomatic) To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm.
    • My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.

Questions about gotten off lightly

What is gotten off lightly the past participle of?
Gotten off lightly is the past participle of get off lightly.

Words near gotten off lightly in the dictionary

  1. gotten medieval
  2. gotten misty
  3. gotten moving
  4. gotten nowhere fast
  5. gotten off
  6. gotten off lightly
  7. gotten off on
  8. gotten off on the right foot
  9. gotten off on the wrong foot
  10. gotten off one's ass
  11. gotten off one's backside

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