free pass
Example Sentences
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Is there something so odious about a potential reworked design that the only way to hustle it across the finish line is to give it a free pass?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Austria gets a free pass because it won last year, and is hosting this year's festivities.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Being pro-business doesn’t mean giving corporate bad actors a free pass to prey on the people who make their profits possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Members of the court warned they were not giving anyone a "free pass," and that the case was still ongoing and the public prosecutor had been notified.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Not one to question a free pass, I take off into the street.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
