scot-free

scot-free

(skŏt′frē′)
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
1. (predicative) without harm, loss, or penalty
[C16: see scot and lot]

scot′-free′



adj.
1. free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation.
2. free from payment of scot.
[1200–50]
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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

adv → ungeschoren; to get off scot-free → ungeschoren davonkommen

scot-free

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

scot-free

(skotˈfriː) : escape / get off / go scot free
to be or remain unhurt or unpunished. The car was badly damaged in the accident, but the driver escaped scot-free.
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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.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
"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.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

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