Scot-free
adverb
To escape punishment or to avoid paying something.
He made a lot of mistakes but seemed to get off scot-free.
Often appears as...
- get off scot-free
- walk away scot-free
Usage tips
Idiomatic
adverb
To escape punishment or to avoid paying something.
He made a lot of mistakes but seemed to get off scot-free.
Often appears as...
- get off scot-free
- walk away scot-free
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Consequences
Scot-free often implies that someone avoids consequences they might fairly deserve.
Despite breaking the rules, she walked away scot-free.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Crime
Scot-free can be used in situations beyond legal trouble, like avoiding social or financial consequences.
He broke the vase but his charm got him off scot-free.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Unexpected
When used, scot-free usually indicates a surprise that no penalty was given.
Everyone was shocked when he got off scot-free.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Consequences
Scot-free often implies that someone avoids consequences they might fairly deserve.
Despite breaking the rules, she walked away scot-free.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Crime
Scot-free can be used in situations beyond legal trouble, like avoiding social or financial consequences.
He broke the vase but his charm got him off scot-free.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Unexpected
When used, scot-free usually indicates a surprise that no penalty was given.
Everyone was shocked when he got off scot-free.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Consequences
Scot-free often implies that someone avoids consequences they might fairly deserve.
Despite breaking the rules, she walked away scot-free.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Crime
Scot-free can be used in situations beyond legal trouble, like avoiding social or financial consequences.
He broke the vase but his charm got him off scot-free.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Unexpected
When used, scot-free usually indicates a surprise that no penalty was given.
Everyone was shocked when he got off scot-free.
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How to outsmart the...
So do we expect their friendship to last the game? First, let’s consider Chewy’s options. If Crispy spares him, Chewy can run away scot-free by sacrificing Crispy. But if Crispy sacrifices him, Chewy can keep one of his limbs if he also sacrifices Crispy.
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How to outsmart the...
So do we expect their friendship to last the game? First, let’s consider Chewy’s options. If Crispy spares him, Chewy can run away scot-free by sacrificing Crispy. But if Crispy sacrifices him, Chewy can keep one of his limbs if he also sacrifices Crispy.
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Quote examples
Andrew Gower
English Actor
Yes, both 'Being Human' and 'Outlander' are known for their loyal fanbases. The beauty of both of those jobs was that the characters were very removed from me. So I've been lucky to get off scot-free, without any strange encounters. The wigs, blood, and strange onscreen faces/voices - they haven't found their way into my day-to-day life. Yet.
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David Harbour
American Actor
I think that storytelling, at its essence, allows us to feel like we all suffer the same insanity or a similar insanity of existence: that nobody escapes scot-free. We're all going to wind up - at the best-case scenario - 80, 85, 90, broken, in pain, and feeling like it was all a dream and not really understanding the point of any of it.
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Amber Rudd
British Politician
If you can't trust your boss - or your pension company - to take care of your investment, who can you trust? The vast majority of company chiefs take their responsibilities seriously and protect their workers' final salary pensions. But for too long, the reckless few playing fast and loose with people's futures have got away scot-free.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.
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Jeremy Hunt
British Politician
If Iran has a policy of detaining dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for Iran. We will not let them get away with it scot-free. They have to understand this is not a sustainable situation.
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Tammy Bruce
American Author
Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
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Susie Orbach
English Psychologist
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.
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Andrew Gower
English Actor
Yes, both 'Being Human' and 'Outlander' are known for their loyal fanbases. The beauty of both of those jobs was that the characters were very removed from me. So I've been lucky to get off scot-free, without any strange encounters. The wigs, blood, and strange onscreen faces/voices - they haven't found their way into my day-to-day life. Yet.
Quote examples
David Harbour
American Actor
I think that storytelling, at its essence, allows us to feel like we all suffer the same insanity or a similar insanity of existence: that nobody escapes scot-free. We're all going to wind up - at the best-case scenario - 80, 85, 90, broken, in pain, and feeling like it was all a dream and not really understanding the point of any of it.
Quote examples
Amber Rudd
British Politician
If you can't trust your boss - or your pension company - to take care of your investment, who can you trust? The vast majority of company chiefs take their responsibilities seriously and protect their workers' final salary pensions. But for too long, the reckless few playing fast and loose with people's futures have got away scot-free.
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Vivienne Westwood
English Designer
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.
Quote examples
Jeremy Hunt
British Politician
If Iran has a policy of detaining dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for Iran. We will not let them get away with it scot-free. They have to understand this is not a sustainable situation.
Quote examples
Tammy Bruce
American Author
Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off scot-free.
Quote examples
Susie Orbach
English Psychologist
No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.
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