scot-free
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English scotfreo (“‘exempt from royal tax’”), See scot + free
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scot-free (not comparable)
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- Free of scot, free of tax.
- (colloquial) Without consequences or penalties.
- to get off scot-free (to get away without penalty; to beat the rap)