get off scot-free
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His demand seems paltry, heightening the Kafkaesque absurdity of the scenario, while at the same time inviting other questions: Did he really think he’d get off scot-free to enjoy his $892?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022
But it’s a failure of accountability if he allows Mater Dei football to get off scot-free in this case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Those in committed partnerships don’t get off scot-free, though; they insist that their wives or kids, somewhere offscreen, are driving them nuts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
I am not letting him get off scot-free, by the way.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2021
Grandma may have escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, but she didn’t get off scot-free.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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