go scot-free

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go scot-free and get off scot-free

to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.") The thief went scot-free. Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scot-free.

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Mr Henry makes no mention of these facts, and to appeal to the ordinary householder to play their part while the monsters of pollution go scot-free reminds me of the response of a very famous champion tennis star who used to round upon the umpire with the words, 'Good God, sir, you cannot be serious'. Letter: YOUR SHOUT - Environment is being polluted by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			go on tour go on with go one better go out in search of go out of business go out of fashion go out of service go out of way go out of way to go out on a limb go out the window go over big go over head go over like a lead balloon go over with a bang go over with a fine-tooth comb go overboard go past go pear-shaped Go piss up a rope! go places go postal go public go round in circles go round the houses go scot-free go separate ways go sky-high go so far as to go so far as to say go sour go south go spare go stag go straight go the distance go the extra mile go the limit go the way of all flesh go the way of the dodo go the whole hog go the whole nine yards go through go through channels go through fire and water go through hell go through hoops go through like a dose of salts go through the changes go through the mill go through the motions			go private go private go private go public go public go public go public go public go public with go public with go public with go public with Go raibh maith agat Go Rhino Spring Step Go Right Ahead go root go round go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round in circles go round the bend go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go round the houses go scot-free go separate ways go separate ways go separate ways go separate ways Go Server Client Protocol go shares go shares go shares go shares Go short Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons go sky-high Go slow go so far as go so far as go so far as go so far as to go so far as to say go sour go sour go sour go sour go sour go south go south go spare Go Sports Racing Association go stag go steady go steady

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