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cop out: intransitive verb
cop-out: noun

cop out VB intr sl

1. cop out (change one's mind):

to cop out of sth

aus etw dat aussteigen

2. cop out (let sb down):

to cop out on sb

jdn hängen lassen inf

cop-out [ˈkɒpaʊt, Am ˈkɑ:p-] N sl

1. cop-out:

cop-out (evasive action)

Ausweichmanöver nt

cop-out (excuse)

2. cop-out (disappointment):

Enttäuschung f

schwache Vorstellung

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

you'll really cop it if your parents find out

du wirst wirklich Ärger kriegen, wenn's deine Eltern erfahren

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But it becomes a film that prefers to cop out, rather than deliver on the promise it held out so bravely in its initial passages. en.wikipedia.org

Violence is a cop out; an easy answer for an ignorant problem. en.wikipedia.org

You should follow the story through sequentially, panel by panel, and not cop out by skipping a panel or two because you can not think what should go next. en.wikipedia.org

The subject may feel he can cooperate with the good cop out of trust, or fear of the bad cop. en.wikipedia.org

Don't: weaken, whine, cop out. en.wikipedia.org

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