cop-out
cop-out · cop-outs
Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or dutyAvoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
Meaning
3 senses(slang)Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out.
Rückzieher, Drückebergerei, Verpisserei
(slang)An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.
It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist.
Ausflucht, Ausrede
отгово́ркаotgovórka
(slang)A person who cops out.
He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done.
Drückeberger
Translations
5 languagesРусский
an excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty:
Deutsch
avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty:
an excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty:
a person who cops out:
Origin
Deverbal from cop out.Deverbal from cop out.
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