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Scot Free In The Loop 254 Off/Go Escape Proper Expected Punishment Acquitted

Id in_the_loop_254
Idiom GET OFF/GO SCOT-FREE
Definition to escape the proper or expected punishment; to be acquitted of a crime
Examples
  1. Everyone knew the man had committed the crime, but he was found not guilty on a technicality and never spent a day in jail. He got off scot-free.
  2. The thief had been caught too many times, but this time he would not go scot-free. He would spend years in prison.

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