cop out

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
2. To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
3. (slang) To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble.
4. To remove from a situation or crowd, such as for arrest or punishment.
5. To leave a gang.
6. (slang) To abandon, let down or betray (someone).
7. (slang) To win (someone) over; to get on (someone's) good side.

Synoniemen

opt out

chicken out

go

shape up

skulk

opt in

Etymologie (Engels)

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