Scot has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | He pleaded self-defense at the trial and went scot-free. | |
| 2. | He bribed the judge and got off scot-free. | |
| 3. | It is true that there are some people even so utterly without imagination that they cannot take a joke; such as that grave man of Scotland who was at last plainly told by a funny friend quite out of patience, “Why, you wouldn’t take a joke if it were fired at you out of a cannon!” “Sir,” replied the Scot, with sound reasoning and grave thought, “Sir, you are absurd. You cannot fire a joke out of a cannon!” | |
| 4. | Tom will get off scot free. | |
| 5. | Tom got off scot-free. | |
| 6. | Tom is likely to get off scot free. |