Where Does The Phrase Getting Off Scot Free Come From?

You know ‘getting off scot free’ means getting away with anything, but where does it originate?

Mark, Sunbury on Thames

Answer

**Definitive**

Name: Martin, Bexley Heath and James O’Brien

Qualification: Worked for the Daily Express Library

Answer: Scot free means tax free. The Norse word for payment was Scot and its meaning has evolved from there to mean getting away with it.