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Scot Free Escapes Avoid Payment Punishment Word Tax

Word Scot free
Description 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.

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