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cop out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Attested since 1942 as “flee, escape, cop (an) out”.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
    • Faced with the prospect of cooking for himself, his first thought was to cop out and order a pizza.
    • There was no bird fair at Druridge so I didn't have to feel guilty about copping out of it. 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 67:
  2. To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
  3. (idiomatic, slang) To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble.
    • His lawyer copped him out on just one felony charge.
  4. (US, dated, idiomatic) To remove from a situation or crowd, such as for arrest or punishment.
    • Somebody should have copped him out last night.
  5. To leave a gang.
    • I can't believe you copped out on us.
  6. (idiomatic, slang) To abandon, let down or betray (someone).
    • She thought I'd copped out on her.
  7. (idiomatic, slang, transitive) To win (someone) over; to get on (someone's) good side.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
copped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
copped out Tense=Past lexicographic
cops out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
copping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

copout · cop-out

Synonyms

dog · knife · cop out · shirk · shrink · slack off · lollygag · sell · renegade · weasel out · cop out · stab in the back · traitorize · goldbrick · play someone false · burn · cross up · blow off · assfuck · weasel out · do the dirty on · flinch · doss · double-cross · soldier · let down · false · procrastinate · sell out · sell out · do someone dirty · goof off · swike · swing the lead · betray · go back on · sell the pass · sell down the river · cross out · quisle · duck · sell down · stab in the back · malinger · goof off · turncoat · double-cross

Translations (13)

pl wykręcać się (to avoid or shirk) · ru уклони́ться (to avoid or shirk) · ru увильну́ть (to avoid or shirk) · pl wić się jak piskorz (to avoid or shirk) · ru уви́ливать (to avoid or shirk) · pl wykręcić się (to avoid or shirk) · ru уклоня́ться (to avoid or shirk) · fr se défiler (to avoid or shirk) · ru отверте́ться (to avoid or shirk) · pl wymigać się (to avoid or shirk) · el λουφάρω (to avoid or shirk) · pl wymigiwać się (to avoid or shirk) · fi laistaa (to avoid or shirk)