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scot-free

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scot-free (sktfr)
adv.
1. Without having to pay: got away from the restaurant scot-free.
2. Without incurring any penalty or punishment: came away from the incident scot-free.

scot-free adj.

scot-free
adv & adj
(predicative) without harm, loss, or penalty
[see scot and lot]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
scot-free
adjective unpunished, clear, safe, unscathed, unharmed Others who were guilty were being allowed to get off scot-free.
Translations
scot-free [ˈskɒtˈfriː] ADJ to get off scot-free (= unpunished) → salir impune; (= unhurt) → salir ileso

scot-free [ˌskɒtˈfriː] adj
to get off scot-free → échapper à toute punition

scot-free
advungeschoren; to get off scot-freeungeschoren davonkommen

scot-free [ˌskɒtˈfriː]
1. adj to get off scot-free (unpunished) → farla franca; (unhurt) → uscire illeso/a

scot-free [ˌskɒtˈfriː]
1. adj to get off scot-free (unpunished) → farla franca; (unhurt) → uscire illeso/a

scot-free [skotˈfriː]
to be or remain unhurt or unpunished The car was badly damaged in the accident, but the driver escaped scot-free. skotvry بِدون أذى أو عِقاب невредим vyváznout bez úhony uden at noget var sket; ustraffet ungeschoren davonkommen άθικτος, αβλαβής, ατιμώρητος ileso terve nahaga pääsema قسر در رفته päästä pälkähästä indemne לָצֵאת לְלא נֶזֶק बिना सजा के neozljeđen, proći bez kazne sértetlenül tanpa hukuman sleppa ómeiddur/óskaðaður uscire illeso 無事ですむ 상처를 입지 않고 išlikti gyvam, išsisukti nuo bausmės neskarts; nesodīts; sveikā begitu saja ongedeerd komme uskadd/ustraffet fra det wyjść bez szwanku, uniknąć kary ileso nepedepsit выйти сухим из воды vyviaznuť bez ujmy odnesti zdravo kožo ostati nekažnjen ostraffad: komma (slippa undan) oskadd (ostraffad), gå skottfri ไม่บาดเจ็บ; ไม่โดนลงโทษ sağ salim, hasarsız, cezasız 未受損害的,未受懲罰的 непокараний آزاد گھومنا không bị trừng phạt


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But as to poor P-, I am sure that he would not have got off scot-free like this but for the god of gales, who called him away early from this earth, which is three parts ocean, and therefore a fit abode for sailors.
"There is nothing wonderful in that," replied Sancho, "since he is a knight-errant too; what I wonder at is that my beast should have come off scot-free where we come out scotched.
 
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