ALL meanings of cop out
cop out
C c - phrasal verb cop out If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do. 3
- countable noun cop out 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. 3
- verb cop out to fail to assume responsibility or to commit oneself 3
- noun cop out an instance of avoiding responsibility or commitment 3
- noun cop out a person who acts in this way 3
- noun cop out an instance of avoiding a commitment or responsibility 3
- noun cop out to confess to the police, often implicating another 3
- noun cop out to go back (on a promise, commitment, etc.); back down; renege 3
- noun cop out to give up; quit; surrender 3
- noun cop out the act or an instance of copping out, as by confessing, reneging, quitting, etc. 3
- noun cop out an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out. 1
- noun cop out a person who cops out: Everyone helped as they had promised, except for one cop-out. 1
- verb with object cop out to catch; nab. 1
- verb with object cop out to steal; filch. 1
- verb with object cop out to buy (narcotics). 1
- idioms cop out cop a plea, to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence. to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb cop out avoid responsibility 1
- noun cop out excuse 1
- verb cop out (Idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner. 0
- verb cop out plead guilty and ask for mercy. 0