get off on a technicality

Don’t get lost in the weeds of how she “intended” it, which is the favorite game of every racist wishing to get off on a technicality.

I think foreign airlines are trying to get off on a technicality, and the DOT may need to further clarify its rule in order to put an end to the confusion.

The argument is that sites should always have the leeway to interpret their own rules as needed because if the rules are too specific, bad actors will be able to find loopholes and get off on a technicality.

He was, in other words, trying to get off on a technicality.

So Bank of America may still get off on a technicality.