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scot-free

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1528, OED Evaluation: Chiefly predicative

Without being punished; without suffering injury or harm.

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My dad had to buy the farmland from the estate. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: But he got his share, like of the estate went to give- but he had to pay for it but he still had to buy it. And Uncle Wilfred had to buy the one down at the corner too, and he got away with her scott-free. So he said oh, years later I was married, and we had the two boys and they were about four or five years old then I guess.
Without being punished; without suffering injury or harm.