Meaning Without payment.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- He was lucky that the traffic warden's pen ran out and he didn't get a ticket. He got off scot free.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Scot free
What does "Scot free" mean?
Without payment.
Scot-free
Britain, 16th century. Not, as is often thought, related to the American slave Dred Scott.