to avoid doing something that you should do because it is difficult
Even as Diana uttered the too pat words, she knew they were a cop-out.
He has copped out of his responsibilities.
One more time and they woulda seen that the way to cop out on Tillary was to say he hired them to kill her.
The boy looked up at her; impossible to tell from his expression whether he regarded that as a betrayal, a cop-out, a welcome relief.
`What happens to you in life can probably push you down that path, but it's a cop out to say another person forces you into it.
cops out
copping out
copped out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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