"walk free" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk free.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks free [present, singular, third-person], walking free [participle, present], walked free [participle, past], walked free [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk free (third-person singular simple present walks free, present participle walking free, simple past and past participle walked free)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To go unpunished; to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: walk
    Sense id: en-walk_free-en-verb-cbYy62ic Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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