Get Out of Jail Free card

A Get Out of Jail Free card is an element of the board game Monopoly which has become a popular metaphor for something that will get one out of an undesired situation.

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Use in the game

In the game, the card is one of the Community Chest and Chance cards, and is one of the ways a player can get out of jail. Typically the Community Chest card shows a drawing of the Rich Uncle Pennybags character being released from a bird cage, or being booted out of a cell in striped uniform. The card reads:

THIS CARD MAY BE KEPT
UNTIL NEEDED OR SOLD

GET OUT OF JAIL
FREE

In law

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