1. cop out - Noun
2. cop out - Verb
choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing
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I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out. Paul Newman
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on, and cop out. Gil Scott-Heron
I think where men are credited for being strong, women are divas. I just think it's such a cop out. Natalie Imbruglia
She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider Source: Internet
But the BBC's move was condemned as a 'complete cop-out' last night. Source: Internet
Depending on your point of view, this is either a deplorable cop-out or the defense of a pragmatic politician who, despite his relative inexperience, led the nation into a recovery for which Donald Trump gleefully took credit a decade later. Source: Internet