get off scot-free

To escape punishment for a crime or wrongdoing; to be acquitted of charges for a crime. Mark's wealthy senator uncle influenced the jury, and he ended up getting off scot-free. My younger sister caused endless trouble as a child, but because she was the baby of the house, she usually got off scot-free.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pagan	['peigən]
Alonso	[a'ltmzau]
Savino	-	Italian
Newton	NOO-tən	English
Destiny	DES-tə-nee	English
Malik (2)	-	Native American, Greenlandic