Meaning of free pass | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A document entitling the bearer to free transportation.
2. An exemption from normal processes.
   figuratively
3. An intentional walk.

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Examples

“As a railwayman put⟳ it to me: "When I saw⟳ chums of mine took their families down there by car, I could see⟳ the writing on the wall. We all had free passes, yet they got the car out!"”

“At the same time, however, no one is entitled to a free pass⟳ to the nation's highest court.”

““A tiny elite appear⟳ to have⟳ a free pass⟳ to pollute,” said Nafkote Dabi, climate policy lead⟳ at Oxfam, which commissioned the study⟳ by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).”

“Smith was issued a free pass⟳ after Jones' double⟳.”

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