Work & careers
a free pass on
freedom from a rule
A free pass on something means permission not to follow a usual rule or suffer a usual consequence.
Hear it in real life
Can I skip the meeting because I helped yesterday?
No, that does not give you a free pass on attendance.
Being the team leader does not give you a free pass on finishing your own tasks.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: That gives him a free pass of everything.
Say: That gives him a free pass on everything.
Say “a free pass on” something, not “of”.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
give someone a free pass on something; get a free pass on something
Your turn: say it out loud
Being the team leader does not give you a free pass on finishing your own tasks.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a free pass on
freedom from a rule
“Being the team leader does not give you a free pass on finishing your own tasks.”
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