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scot-free

  [skot-free]
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–adjective
completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see scot, free
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scot-free   (skŏt'frē')
adv.  

  1. Without having to pay: got away from the restaurant scot-free.

  2. Without incurring any penalty or punishment: came away from the incident scot-free.

scot'-free' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

scot-free 
O.E. scotfreo "exempt from royal tax," from scot "royal tax," from O.N. skot "contribution, reckoning, shot" + freo (see free). Related to O.E. sceotan "to pay, contribute," Du. schot, Ger. Schoß "tax, contribution" (see shot). O.Fr. escot (Fr. écot) "share" is a Gmc. loan-word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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