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View usage for: 1. phrasal verbIf you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do. [informal, disapproval] The minute it got tough, he copped out. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. See also cop-out More Synonyms of cop out See full dictionary entry for cop
Word forms: plural cop-outscountable noun [usually singular]If you refer to something as a cop-out, you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do. [informal, disapproval] To decline to vote is a cop-out. The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out. Synonyms: pretence, dodge, pretext, fraud More Synonyms of cop out cop out in British English slang verb1. (intr, adverb) to fail to assume responsibility or to commit oneself noun cop-out2. an instance of avoiding responsibility or commitment 3. a person who acts in this way Word origin C20: probably from cop1cop-out in British English (ˈkɒpaʊt) noun informal an instance of avoiding a commitment or responsibility To decline to vote is a cop-out. The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out. cop out in American English US, Slang 1. to confess to the police, often implicating another 2. a. to go back (on a promise, commitment, etc.); back down; renege b. to give up; quit; surrender See full dictionary entry for cop cop-out in American English (ˈkɑpˌaʊt) US noun Slang the act or an instance of copping out, as by confessing, reneging, quitting, etc. Examples of 'cop out' in a sentencecop out Definition to avoid taking responsibility or committing oneself (slang) He copped out of going at the last minute. Synonyms avoid abandon withdraw from skip renege bludge (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Definition a way or an instance of avoiding responsibility or commitment (slang) She said she was too upset to talk, but that was just a cop-out. Additional synonymsDefinition an excuse He had a good alibi for his absence. Synonyms excuse, reason, defence, explanation, plea, justification, pretextDefinition to abandon (a person or place) without intending to return Poor farmers are deserting their fields and looking for jobs. Synonyms abandon, leave, give up, quit (informal), withdraw from, move out of, relinquish, renounce, vacate, forsake, go away from, leave empty, relinquish possession of Definition to evade by cleverness or trickery Thieves dodged the security system in the shop. Synonyms evade, avoid, escape, get away from, elude, body-swerve, slip through the net of - coordinate
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