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Definition of Cop out
1. Verb. Choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing. "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider"
Definition of Cop out
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cop Out
Literary usage of Cop out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World of Graft by Josiah Flynt (1901)
"Course the next year they may be all sloughed up, but when a first-class mob's
loose 't ain't doin' anything wonderful to cop out $20000 in ..."
2. Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme by Max. Hailperin, Barbara. Kaiser, Karl. Knight (1999)
"Here we'll cop out and use a representation that makes the simulator easy to
develop. If the representation used by this module were changed, ..."
3. Computer Science Research Activities in Asia: Software Technology and by David K. Kahaner (1994)
"I think the biggest risk to us, Mr. Chairman, is if we cop out, if we fail to
support ... If we were to cop out now across by the board by failures at home, ..."
4. Dictionarium Anglo-britannicum ; Or, A General English Dictionary ..by John Kersey by John Kersey (1708)
"... but the Copy of the Rolle made by the Steward of the Lord's Court. ; To COP?
OUt, to write after an Original. ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1824)
"A up for the chief baron was due upon the exe was an engrossed cop out upon thü
decree ; was not more valid tl one, because the fee I cases when, ..."
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