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Phrase(s): go scot-free [and] get off scot-free to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.") • The thief went scot-free. • Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scotfree.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs