Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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GET OFF/GO SCOT-FREE
to escape the proper or expected punishment; to be acquitted of a crime
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1. Everyone knew the man had committed the crime, but he was found not guilty on a technicality and never spent a day in jail. He got off scot-free.
2. The thief had been caught too many times, but this time he would not go scot-free. He would spend years in prison. |
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