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get-out-of-jail-free card

get-out-of-jail-free card is the alternative spelling of get out of jail free card.

Meaning of get out of jail free card

Noun

get out of jail free card (plural get out of jail free cards)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A certain privilege or advantage that provides relief from an undesirable situation or immunity from punishment or consequences.
    • "I don't care to know who spanked her or looked at her cross-eyed when she was little."
      "Trust me, Henry," Ivy said. "It goes way beyond spanking."
      "So that gives her a get-out-of-jail-free card?"
      "Of course it doesn't. What I am saying is―"
      "No, here's what I'm saying. She's combative, she refuses...2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.35

Forms of get-out-of-jail-free card

pluralget-out-of-jail-free cards

Questions about get-out-of-jail-free card

What is get-out-of-jail-free card the alternative spelling of?
Get-out-of-jail-free card is the alternative spelling of get out of jail free card.

Words near get-out-of-jail-free card in the dictionary

  1. get-out
  2. get-out bet
  3. get-out bets
  4. get-out clause
  5. get-out clauses
  6. get-out-of-jail-free card
  7. get-out-of-jail-free cards
  8. get-outs
  9. get-pennies
  10. get-penny
  11. get-readies

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