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scot-free definition

scot·-free (skät′frē′)

adverb, adjective

  1. free from payment of scot, or tax
  2. without being punished or hurt; clear(ly); safe(ly)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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