Scot-free Definition

skŏtfrē
adverb
Without having to pay.
Got away from the restaurant scot-free.
American Heritage
Free from payment of scot, or tax.
Webster's New World
Without being punished or hurt; clear(ly); safe(ly)
Webster's New World
Without incurring any penalty or punishment.
Came away from the incident scot-free.
American Heritage

Alternative spelling of scot-free.

Wiktionary

Origin of Scot-free

  • From Old English scotfreo (“exempt from royal tax"), See scot + free

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Scot-free Sentence Examples

  • Their trial and conviction for manslaughter may be found in the daily periodicals of the date; but, strange to say, the experimental physiologists and nurses escaped scot-free.

  • They ended up getting trapped under a rock fall while we got away scot free.

  • And got away scot-free, and with more money than any of us could possibly imagine.

  • The match official saw the funny side of the incident and the player, luckily, escaped scot free.

  • If the mancipium died a natural death under the creditor's hand, the creditor was scot free.

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