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Examples of scot-free in a Sentence
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But their plan to collect a ransom from Franks’ family and get away scot-free went awry.
—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Unlike Jerry, Larry — the guy who wrote Jerry’s ending and who people want to see apologize — gets to walk out of jail scot-free.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
The anecdote was based on a real event by Balboa Park, and the man who’d witnessed it was infuriated that the reckless driver appeared to escape scot-free while those without homes could be arrested for sleeping in tents.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2024
The former president broke the judge’s rules but walked away scot-free.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, the forces fueling and making millions of dollars off of Milli Vanilli’s ruse got off scot-free, namely Farian, the supervillain-level mastermind behind it all.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2023
There are a lot of people who think that the enablers got off scot-free, and Disney is a part of that.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
Raylan suspected an episode ago that something had to be off for Clement to keep getting away scot-free over and over and over again.
—Evan Romano, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
Security footage made the events look like a murder-suicide, leaving Emily off scot-free.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
scot
First Known Use
1528, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Scot-free.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scot-free. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
scot-free
adjectiveˈskät-ˈfrē
: completely free from duty, harm, or penalty
get off scot-free
Etymology
from earlier scot "money owed"
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