scot

get away scot-free

To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers that ruined our economy get away scot-free, even though they caused millions of people to suffer. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ending up getting away scot-free.

get off

1. To physically climb off of or disembark from something. We're in the last row, so it’s going to take us a while to get off the plane. Get off that ladder before you fall and hurt yourself! Get off the couch and start helping me already.

2. To remove someone or something from some surface. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "off." Hey, get your feet off the table! Can you get your stuff off my bed?

3. To depart. When do you guys get off on your trip?

4. To shoot ammunition. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I could only get off one shot before the burglars fled.

5. In sports, to successfully complete an action, such as a shot or pass, before time expires or contact is made. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I'm not sure he got off that shot before the buzzer went off. It will be difficult for him to get a pass off with all of this defensive pressure.

6. To send something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." Have you gotten off that email yet? If not, I have a few more lines to add.

7. To physically remove something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I just can't seem to get this sticky stuff off the floor. Get off those wet clothes before you catch cold!

8. To receive a less severe punishment or avoid punishment altogether. I can't believe that known criminal got off with such a light sentence. You're only grounded for a week? You got off easy if you ask me. As a prosecutor, I know what it's like when someone who I know is guilty gets off.

9. To cause someone to receive a less severe punishment or avoid punishment altogether. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." Do you really think you can get this guy off with a lighter sentence?

10. To finish one's workday. I get off today at three, so I'll stop by on my way home.

11. To stop bothering or nagging someone. Get off my back, will you? I'm working as fast as I can! If he doesn't get off my case soon, I'm going to lose it.

12. To be so bold as to do something. She's not my boss, so where does she get off assigning me yet another project?

13. slang To be or become particularly excited by or enthusiastic about something, especially in, or likened to, a sexual manner. Can be considered vulgar. It seems like Kaya gets off on the power of her new corporate management role. I don't know why you get off on going to the gym every day—it just seems like a chore to me!

14. slang To have an amorous or sexual encounter with someone. Primarily heard in UK. We weren't at the party for more than 30 minutes when Jake got off with some guy he'd just met. I heard Janet got off with one of her co-workers.

15. vulgar slang To experience orgasm.

16. vulgar slang To cause someone to experience orgasm. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "off."

See also: get, off

get off scot-free

To escape punishment for a crime or wrongdoing; to be acquitted of charges for a crime. Mark's wealthy senator uncle influenced the jury, and he ended up getting off scot-free. My younger sister caused endless trouble as a child, but because she was the baby of the house, she usually got off scot-free.

See also: get, off

go scot-free

To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers that ruined our economy get to go scot-free, while millions of people have suffered as a result. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ending up going scot-free.

pay scot and lot (for something)

obsolete To pay the full amount of money owed (for something). Make sure they've paid scot and lot before they're given they're full order.

walk away scot-free

To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers who ruined our economy get to walk away scot-free, while millions of people have suffered as a result. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ended up walking away scot-free.

get off

1. to start off (on a friendship). Tom and Bill had never met before. They seemed to get off all right, though. I'm glad they got off so well.

2. to leave; to depart. What time did they get off? We have to get off early in the morning before the traffic gets heavy.

3. Go to get off (easy); get off (of) someone or something; get off (of) something; get off something; get off to something; get off with something.

See also: get, off

get off (easy)

and get off (lightly)

to receive very little punishment (for doing something wrong). It was a serious crime, but Mary got off easy. Billy's punishment was very light. Considering what he did, he got off lightly.

See also: get, off

get off (with something)

to receive only a light punishment for something. Let's hope John gets off with a light sentence. Max got off with only a few years in prison.

See also: get, off

get off

(of) someone or something and get off to get down from someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Please get off of me. I can't play piggyback anymore. Get off of the sofa!

See also: get, off

get off

(of) something and get off Inf. to stop discussing the topic that one is supposed to be discussing [and start discussing something else]; to stray from the topic at hand. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) I wish you wouldn't get off the subject so much. This writer gets off of his topic all the time.

See also: get, off

get off

(something) to climb down from something. Please get off the stairs. You know you shouldn't play on the stairs. I wish that the children would get off that ladder before they fall off.

See also: get, off

get off

(to something) to leave for something. I've got to get off to my violin lesson. We have to get off to the hospital immediately!

See also: get, off

get off (with something)

to receive only a light punishment for something. Let's hope John gets off with a light sentence. Max got off with only a few years in prison.

See also: get, off

get someone off

1. to get someone cleared of a criminal charge. Ted's lawyer got him off, although we all knew he was guilty. I hope someone can get her off. She is innocent no matter how it looks.

2. to get someone freed from a responsibility. (See also get off the hook.) I think I can get you off. What do I need to do to get myself off?

See also: get, off

get someone or something off someone or something

and get someone or something off

to remove someone or something from someone, oneself, or something. Come in and get those wet clothes off. Get him off of me!

See also: get, off

get something off (to someone or something)

and get something off

to send something to someone or something. I have to get a letter off to Aunt Mary. Did you get off all your packages?

See also: get, off

go scot-free

and get off scot-free

to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.") The thief went scot-free. Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scot-free.

get off

1. Dismount, leave a vehicle, as in She got off the horse right away, or Let's get off the train at the next stop. [Late 1600s]

2. Start, as on a trip; leave. For example, We got off at the crack of dawn. [Mid-1700s]

3. Fire a round of ammunition; also, send away. For example, He got off two shots, but the deer fled, or I got off that letter just in time.

4. Escape from punishment; also, obtain a lesser penalty or release for someone. For example, He apologized so profusely that he was sure to get off, or The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist. This sense is sometimes amplified to get off easy or get off lightly. Where there is no punishment at all, the expression is sometimes put as get off scot-free, originally meaning "be free from paying a fine or tax ( scot)," dating from the 1500s. [Mid-1600s]

5. Remove, take off, as in I can't seem to get this paint off the car. [Second half of 1600s]

6. Succeed in uttering, especially a joke. For example, Carl always manages to get off a good one before he gets serious. [Mid-1800s]

7. Have the effrontery to do or say something. For example, Where does he get off telling me what to do? [Colloquial; early 1900s]

8. Experience orgasm, as in She never did get off. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

9. Also, get off of one. Stop bothering or criticizing one, as in Get off me right now! or If you don't get off of me I'm walking out. [Slang; c. 1940] Also see get off on; off one's back.

See also: get, off

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

get off/go ˌscot-ˈfree

(informal) escape from a situation without receiving the punishment you deserve: It seemed so unfair that she was punished while the others got off scot-free!This idiom comes from the old English word sceot, meaning a ‘tax’. People were scot-free if they didn’t have to pay the tax.

get off

1. To remove oneself from something that supports, carries, or holds: I got off my chair and ran down the hall. After we got off the plane, we picked up our baggage. Get off the couch!

2. To remove something from a supporting, carrying, or holding thing: Get the cat off the table!

3. To start, as on a trip; leave. It took so long to pack that we didn't get off until noon.

4. To send something; transmit something: I'll get a letter off to you next week.

5. To cause something to be emitted, as when firing a weapon: The hunter got off two shots before the deer disappeared. The archer got three arrows off before hitting the bull's-eye.

6. To escape, as from punishment or danger: They thought the judge would sentence them harshly, but somehow they got off.

7. To obtain a release or lesser penalty for someone: The attorney got her client off with just a small fine.

8. To get permission to leave one's workplace: The sales crew got off early and went out for a walk.

9. Slang To stop pressuring, pestering, or domineering someone: The boss thought the employees were lazy and didn't get off them the whole day. Get off me!—I can't work with you watching over me.

10. Slang To feel great pleasure or gratification from something: They really got off on that roller coaster ride at the amusement park. I don't really get off on photography.

11. Slang To cause someone to feel great pleasure or gratification; satisfy someone: That movie really didn't get me off.

12. Vulgar Slang To achieve orgasm.

13. Vulgar Slang To cause someone to achieve orgasm.

See also: get, off

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

get off

verb

See get off on something

See also: get, off

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

pay scot and lot

To pay in full.

go scot-free, to

To be let off without penalty or punishment. This expression has nothing to do with Scotland, but rather with the early meaning of scot, that is, a tax assessment. Thus scot-free meant not having to make such a payment, and later was extended to mean being exempted from other kinds of obligation, including punishment. The earliest use of the term dates from the Magna Carta of 1215. Later it was transferred to nonlegal issues, as in Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela (1740): “She should not, for all the trouble she has cost you, go away scot-free.”

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释义	scot get away scot-free To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers that ruined our economy get away scot-free, even though they caused millions of people to suffer. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ending up getting away scot-free. See also: away, get get off 1. To physically climb off of or disembark from something. We're in the last row, so it’s going to take us a while to get off the plane. Get off that ladder before you fall and hurt yourself! Get off the couch and start helping me already. 2. To remove someone or something from some surface. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "off." Hey, get your feet off the table! Can you get your stuff off my bed? 3. To depart. When do you guys get off on your trip? 4. To shoot ammunition. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I could only get off one shot before the burglars fled. 5. In sports, to successfully complete an action, such as a shot or pass, before time expires or contact is made. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I'm not sure he got off that shot before the buzzer went off. It will be difficult for him to get a pass off with all of this defensive pressure. 6. To send something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." Have you gotten off that email yet? If not, I have a few more lines to add. 7. To physically remove something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." I just can't seem to get this sticky stuff off the floor. Get off those wet clothes before you catch cold! 8. To receive a less severe punishment or avoid punishment altogether. I can't believe that known criminal got off with such a light sentence. You're only grounded for a week? You got off easy if you ask me. As a prosecutor, I know what it's like when someone who I know is guilty gets off. 9. To cause someone to receive a less severe punishment or avoid punishment altogether. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "off." Do you really think you can get this guy off with a lighter sentence? 10. To finish one's workday. I get off today at three, so I'll stop by on my way home. 11. To stop bothering or nagging someone. Get off my back, will you? I'm working as fast as I can! If he doesn't get off my case soon, I'm going to lose it. 12. To be so bold as to do something. She's not my boss, so where does she get off assigning me yet another project? 13. slang To be or become particularly excited by or enthusiastic about something, especially in, or likened to, a sexual manner. Can be considered vulgar. It seems like Kaya gets off on the power of her new corporate management role. I don't know why you get off on going to the gym every day—it just seems like a chore to me! 14. slang To have an amorous or sexual encounter with someone. Primarily heard in UK. We weren't at the party for more than 30 minutes when Jake got off with some guy he'd just met. I heard Janet got off with one of her co-workers. 15. vulgar slang To experience orgasm. 16. vulgar slang To cause someone to experience orgasm. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "off." See also: get, off get off scot-free To escape punishment for a crime or wrongdoing; to be acquitted of charges for a crime. Mark's wealthy senator uncle influenced the jury, and he ended up getting off scot-free. My younger sister caused endless trouble as a child, but because she was the baby of the house, she usually got off scot-free. See also: get, off go scot-free To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers that ruined our economy get to go scot-free, while millions of people have suffered as a result. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ending up going scot-free. See also: go pay scot and lot (for something) obsolete To pay the full amount of money owed (for something). Make sure they've paid scot and lot before they're given they're full order. See also: and, lot, pay, scot walk away scot-free To escape from some predicament, accusation, or wrongdoing without incurring any penalty or punishment; to be acquitted of all charges for some crime or crimes. It sickens me that all these bankers who ruined our economy get to walk away scot-free, while millions of people have suffered as a result. Due to an error in the filing of evidence by police, the suspect ended up walking away scot-free. See also: away, walk Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. get off 1. to start off (on a friendship). Tom and Bill had never met before. They seemed to get off all right, though. I'm glad they got off so well. 2. to leave; to depart. What time did they get off? We have to get off early in the morning before the traffic gets heavy. 3. Go to get off (easy); get off (of) someone or something; get off (of) something; get off something; get off to something; get off with something. See also: get, off get off (easy) and get off (lightly) to receive very little punishment (for doing something wrong). It was a serious crime, but Mary got off easy. Billy's punishment was very light. Considering what he did, he got off lightly. See also: get, off get off (with something) to receive only a light punishment for something. Let's hope John gets off with a light sentence. Max got off with only a few years in prison. See also: get, off get off (of) someone or something and get off to get down from someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Please get off of me. I can't play piggyback anymore. Get off of the sofa! See also: get, off get off (of) something and get off Inf. to stop discussing the topic that one is supposed to be discussing [and start discussing something else]; to stray from the topic at hand. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) I wish you wouldn't get off the subject so much. This writer gets off of his topic all the time. See also: get, off get off (something) to climb down from something. Please get off the stairs. You know you shouldn't play on the stairs. I wish that the children would get off that ladder before they fall off. See also: get, off get off (to something) to leave for something. I've got to get off to my violin lesson. We have to get off to the hospital immediately! See also: get, off get off (with something) to receive only a light punishment for something. Let's hope John gets off with a light sentence. Max got off with only a few years in prison. See also: get, off get someone off 1. to get someone cleared of a criminal charge. Ted's lawyer got him off, although we all knew he was guilty. I hope someone can get her off. She is innocent no matter how it looks. 2. to get someone freed from a responsibility. (See also get off the hook.) I think I can get you off. What do I need to do to get myself off? See also: get, off get someone or something off someone or something and get someone or something off to remove someone or something from someone, oneself, or something. Come in and get those wet clothes off. Get him off of me! See also: get, off get something off (to someone or something) and get something off to send something to someone or something. I have to get a letter off to Aunt Mary. Did you get off all your packages? See also: get, off go scot-free and get off scot-free to go unpunished; to be acquitted of a crime. (This scot is an old word meaning "tax" or "tax burden.") The thief went scot-free. Jane cheated on the test and got caught, but she got off scot-free. See also: go McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. get off 1. Dismount, leave a vehicle, as in She got off the horse right away, or Let's get off the train at the next stop. [Late 1600s] 2. Start, as on a trip; leave. For example, We got off at the crack of dawn. [Mid-1700s] 3. Fire a round of ammunition; also, send away. For example, He got off two shots, but the deer fled, or I got off that letter just in time. 4. Escape from punishment; also, obtain a lesser penalty or release for someone. For example, He apologized so profusely that he was sure to get off, or The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist. This sense is sometimes amplified to get off easy or get off lightly. Where there is no punishment at all, the expression is sometimes put as get off scot-free, originally meaning "be free from paying a fine or tax ( scot)," dating from the 1500s. [Mid-1600s] 5. Remove, take off, as in I can't seem to get this paint off the car. [Second half of 1600s] 6. Succeed in uttering, especially a joke. For example, Carl always manages to get off a good one before he gets serious. [Mid-1800s] 7. Have the effrontery to do or say something. For example, Where does he get off telling me what to do? [Colloquial; early 1900s] 8. Experience orgasm, as in She never did get off. [Slang; first half of 1900s] 9. Also, get off of one. Stop bothering or criticizing one, as in Get off me right now! or If you don't get off of me I'm walking out. [Slang; c. 1940] Also see get off on; off one's back. See also: get, off The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. get off/go ˌscot-ˈfree (informal) escape from a situation without receiving the punishment you deserve: It seemed so unfair that she was punished while the others got off scot-free!This idiom comes from the old English word sceot, meaning a ‘tax’. People were scot-free if they didn’t have to pay the tax. See also: get, go, off Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary get off v. 1. To remove oneself from something that supports, carries, or holds: I got off my chair and ran down the hall. After we got off the plane, we picked up our baggage. Get off the couch! 2. To remove something from a supporting, carrying, or holding thing: Get the cat off the table! 3. To start, as on a trip; leave. It took so long to pack that we didn't get off until noon. 4. To send something; transmit something: I'll get a letter off to you next week. 5. To cause something to be emitted, as when firing a weapon: The hunter got off two shots before the deer disappeared. The archer got three arrows off before hitting the bull's-eye. 6. To escape, as from punishment or danger: They thought the judge would sentence them harshly, but somehow they got off. 7. To obtain a release or lesser penalty for someone: The attorney got her client off with just a small fine. 8. To get permission to leave one's workplace: The sales crew got off early and went out for a walk. 9. Slang To stop pressuring, pestering, or domineering someone: The boss thought the employees were lazy and didn't get off them the whole day. Get off me!—I can't work with you watching over me. 10. Slang To feel great pleasure or gratification from something: They really got off on that roller coaster ride at the amusement park. I don't really get off on photography. 11. Slang To cause someone to feel great pleasure or gratification; satisfy someone: That movie really didn't get me off. 12. Vulgar Slang To achieve orgasm. 13. Vulgar Slang To cause someone to achieve orgasm. See also: get, off The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. get off verb See get off on something See also: get, off McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions pay scot and lot To pay in full. See also: and, lot, pay, scot American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. go scot-free, to To be let off without penalty or punishment. This expression has nothing to do with Scotland, but rather with the early meaning of scot, that is, a tax assessment. Thus scot-free meant not having to make such a payment, and later was extended to mean being exempted from other kinds of obligation, including punishment. The earliest use of the term dates from the Magna Carta of 1215. Later it was transferred to nonlegal issues, as in Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela (1740): “She should not, for all the trouble she has cost you, go away scot-free.” See also: go The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: get away scot-free go scot-free go scot-free, to Scott walk away scot-free get off with (something) get off/go scot-free get off scot-free penalize penalize (someone or something) for (something) References in periodicals archive In advancing the condition of melancholy as the factor which precipitated the delusions of 'witch', Scot endeavoured to prevent the wrongful conviction of the poor for an impossible crime. 'Melancholic imaginations': witchcraft and the politics of melancholia in Elizabethan Kent The best mass education system in the world let the Scots use the talents of a larger fraction of the small population than any other European country. Does the North need more drunken parties? Scot: The proposed regulations simply restate the Sec. QSSS prop. regs. offer planning opportunities The friend, who fears for his own safety, told the Daily Telegraph: "I do not believe for one minute Scot committed suicide, my heart tells me he was killed. He owed lots of money to bad people and he was so worried ...he didn't kill himself; TYCOON PALS IN MURDER CLAIM But it's the Greenaway movie, the first of a planned trilogy, which Scot reckons ``will be like Star Wars and eventually become the stuff of conventions''. Seven: ARTS: The Best of times; Backbeat star Scot looks ahead to Peter Greenaway collaboration By 1834 there were 52,428 Catholics; approximately 10,000 were Scots, 8,000 French and 34,000 Irish. Upper Canada and Bishop Alexander MacDonell: Catholic history pt4 Broto (Spa), Hart (Scot), Anderson (Scot), Rubio (Port), Bollan (Scot), Quino (Spa), Lovell (Austral), Bingham (Scot), Wilson (Scot), Lowndes (Eng), Fernandez (Spa).HIBS Pos: 5, Scots 4 Football: SCOTS ON THE ROCKS FOREIGN INVASION CLUB-BY-CLUB "We had a French teacher come in to teach to the classes, David Walliams books translated into Scots, a Scots assembly where pupils and classes were reciting Scots poetry and singing songs in Scots, Irn-Bru and shortbread were given to every pupil and to end it all we organised a very special languages day of eight different activities. Fun ways to learn the lingo The Council of Europe: European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, recognised Scots as a minority language in 2000 and the UK Government ratified Scots as such in 2001 under Part II of the Charter. The Scots Language and its Cultural and Social Capital in Scottish Schools: a Case Study of Scots in Scottish Secondary Classrooms The language is nicely balanced between correct but less well known Scots words (oxters, scrieve, perjink) and the Scots which is more a representation of the accent (speylt, meeserable, freend) meaning that is not too intimidating for those less familiar with the language. Walliams, David and Fitt, Matthew: Billionaire Bairn: Billionaire Boy in Scots A Scotch spell; a Scots spelling book; English-Scots/Scots-English; Scots vocabulary used in Fons Scotiae books. A Scotch spell; a Scots spelling book; English-Scots/Scots-English; Scots vocabulary used in Fons Scotiae books REGARDING the article indicating it is possible that our fusiliers are to be sacrificed in order to keep the Scots on board before the oncoming elections that they are holding to vote for independence. Let Scots get on without us ON Sunday July 27, the Merseyside branch of the Scots Guards Association will be unveiling a commemorative plaque in St John's Gardens (behind St George's Hall) at 12.30pm. You say - Scots Guards service NOW that David Cameron has apologised to the Scots for implementing the poll tax one year earlier in Scotland than in England, can we English now expect an apology from the Scots Tony Blair and Gordon Brown for the following anti-English legislations? Anti-English row But a 1996 EU study of Ulster- Scots could not find a single speaker in Antrim or Down. MIND YOUR LANGUAGE; SETANTA SPORTS Ulster-Scots targets Irish sports fans
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