Scot-free
1Scot free — (scot free), falsch auch scott free (scott free) ist eine idiomatische Wendung in der englischen Sprache, die in Redewendungen wie to get off scot free , to escape scot free oder to go scot free gebraucht wird, die alle so viel bedeuten wie… …
2Scot-free — [?], a. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. [1913 Webster] Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot free. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Then young Hay escaped scot free to Holland. A. Lang. [1913 Webster] …
3scot-free — adverb get away/get off scot free to avoid punishment for doing something that deserves punishment: Criminals such as these cannot be allowed to get away scot free …
4scot-free — [ˌskɔt ˈfri: US ˌska:t ] adv [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: scot tax (13 19 centuries), from Old Norse skot shot, payment ] get away/off scot free informal to avoid being punished although you deserve to be …
5scot free — If someone escapes scot free, they avoid payment or punishment. Scot is an old word for a tax, so it originally referred to avoiding taxes, though now has a wider sense of not being punished for someone that you have done …
6scot-free — O.E. scotfreo exempt from royal tax, from scot royal tax, from O.N. skot contribution, reckoning, shot + freo (see FREE (Cf. free)). Related to O.E. sceotan to pay, contribute, Du. schot, Ger. Schoß tax, contribution (see …
7scot-free — scot′ free′ adj. 1) cvb free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation 2) free from payment of scot • Etymology: 1200–50 …
8scot-free — [skät′frē′] adv., adj. 1. free from payment of scot, or tax 2. without being punished or hurt; clear(ly); safe(ly) …
9scot-free — ► ADVERB ▪ without suffering any punishment or injury. ORIGIN from obsolete scot «a tax», from an Old Norse word meaning a shot …
10scot-free — free of work or discipline, not asked to pay, get off Four members of the gang were convicted, but two went scot free …
