Usually means: Receive minimal consequences for actions.
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  1. get off lightly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. get off lightly: Wiktionary
  3. get off lightly: Dictionary.com
  4. get off lightly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. get off lightly: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get off lightly)

verb:  (idiomatic) To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm.

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