Walk Free
Meaning
When a person is not proved guilty and is released without punishment, this phrase is used.
Origin
In 1764, Roger L’Estrange published a collection of Seneca’s essays under the title of Seneca’s Morals by Way of Abstract, which included this line:
What (says he) Shall I live in Trouble and Danger myself, and the Contriver of my Death – walk free, and secure?