What does scot free mean?

scot free means "free from harm or penalty".

Is scot free a common word?

scot free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

scot free — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
free from harm or penalty
“he went scot-free”

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What does scot free mean?: scot free means "free from harm or penalty".
Is scot free a common word?: scot free is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scot free come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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