"get off lightly" meaning in English

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          "text": "My cousin got off lightly with a restraining order after he broke the boy’s leg.",
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          "text": "@Socrates\nGot off lightly, all things considered. They just want me to drink this hemlock stuff. BRB.\n8.11am, March 22, 399 BC",
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        "To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm."
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          "harm",
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        "(idiomatic) To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm."
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
          "word": "s’en tirer à bon compte"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
          "word": "slippe billig unna"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "leχkó otdélat’sja",
          "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
          "word": "легко отделаться"
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      "form": "got off lightly",
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        "(idiomatic) To end up with a mild punishment, or without serious harm."
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
      "word": "s’en tirer à bon compte"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
      "word": "slippe billig unna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "leχkó otdélat’sja",
      "sense": "end up with a mild punishment",
      "word": "легко отделаться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get off lightly"
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