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Beat The Rap
Beat The Rap
Beat The Rap : Phrases
Meaning:
Avoid punishment for a wrongdoing.
Example:
He beat the criminal rap but not the civil rap.
Origin:
This phrase likely originated from another expression take the rap in which rap is slang for punishment - as in a rap on the knuckles. Beat the rap often carries with it the connotation that the miscreant was actually guilty, though acquitted.