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noun
- 1. an instance of avoiding a commitment or responsibility: informal "being ‘average’ is the lazy person's cop-out"
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Learn the noun and verb meanings of cop-out, a slang term for backing out of something or avoiding responsibility. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries.
a way of avoiding doing something difficult or unpleasant that you should do, or the excuse that you use to do this: She always thought that having a family instead of a career was a cop-out. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of cop out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Cop-out is a slang term for the act or an instance of backing out of a situation or commitment or avoiding responsibility for something. When you take the easy way out to avoid doing something challenging or making a difficult choice, that’s a cop-out. An excuse can be called a cop-out.
4 days ago · a. (often fol. by on or of) to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out. He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now. b. cop a plea. See full dictionary entry for cop.
Cop-out definition: an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion. See examples of COP-OUT used in a sentence.
Cop-out Definition. The act or an instance of copping out, as by confessing, reneging, quitting, etc. A failure to fulfill a commitment or responsibility or to face a difficulty squarely.
copout. Definitions of copout. noun. a failure to face some difficulty squarely. see more.
