free pass
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A document entitling the bearer to free transportation.
noun
An intentional walk.
Example Sentences
- "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."