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Literal meaning of ただでは when used as a threat
According to デジタル大辞泉, ただ can mean:
ただ【▽徒/×只】
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2 何事もなく、そのままであること。無事。「見つかったらただでは済まない」
and according to 学研全訳古語辞典, ただ(なり) had this meaning in Classical Japanese:
ただ・なり 【直なり・徒なり】
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