get off scot-free

1. see get off, def. 4.

Example Sentences

There are other similarly situated individuals who get off scot-free for perjury.

From Slate

The justices are now all on notice that if they continue to flout this federal statute, then they can get off scot-free.

From Slate

It is a disappointment to anyone tired of seeing Trump get off scot-free.

From Salon

But the jury will soon hear that New York criminal law is not so naïve as to allow the ringleader of a criminal scheme to get off scot-free, simply because his minions did the deeds.

From Slate

Iran, he added, would not get off “scot-free.”

From New York Times