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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.
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Scot-free

Scot"-free"\ [?], a. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.

Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. --Sir W. Scott.

Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. --A. Lang.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : scot-free
Spanish: ileso,
German: ungeschoren davonkommen,
Japanese: 無事ですむ
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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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