beat the rap

Meaning

1. to escape without being punished

In the movies · 3

• Now you think about that when I beat the rap.The Untouchables1987
• It's where you make a sick beat and then you rap anything over it.Bo Burnham: Make Happy2016
• Alfredo's been trying to beat this rap all his life.Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974

From the same entry

• beat about the bush
• beat at their own game
• beat your brains out
• beat your breast
• beat the clock
• beat it
• beat a path to door
• beat a retreat
• beat time
• beat to the punch
• can you beat that
• if you can't beat them, join them