walk free

verb

To go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Meanings

verbwalk free (third-person singular simple present walks free, present participle walking free, simple past and past participle walked free)

present singular third person walks free · participle present walking free · participle past walked free · past walked free

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

    Synonyms: go free, walk

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

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