beat the rap (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: To escape legal conviction and punishment for a crime which one has been charged with committing; to be acquitted.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: beats the rap
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating the rap
tags: participle
present
form: beat the rap
tags: past
form: beaten the rap
tags: participle
past
form: beat the rap
tags: colloquial
participle
past