beat the rap
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[edit]beat the rap (third-person singular simple present beats the rap, present participle beating the rap, simple past beat the rap, past participle beaten the rap or (colloquial) beat the rap)
- (slang) To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.