get off easy
to escape severe punishment for something that you have done wrong

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

get off easy
1.
to receive less punishment than expected.
It's not right that someone can commit a major crime and get off lightly.

2.
to have less difficulty than is usual.
The Midwest got off easy with little snow this winter.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

get off easy
• get off (easy/lightly)
receive very little or no punishment for something; to escape or avoid a serious punishment
The criminals got off easy after they robbed the bank.

The young man got off easy and did not have to go to jail for his crime.

The criminal got off with a very light sentence from the judge.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

get off easy
v. phr., informal To have only a little trouble; escape something worse.
The children who missed school to go to the fair got off easy.
John got off easy because it was the first time he had taken his father's car without permission.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲