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cop-out: noun
cop out: intransitive verb

cop-out [ˈkɒpaʊt, Am ˈkɑ:p-] N sl

1. cop-out:

cop-out (evasive action)

Ausweichmanöver nt

cop-out (excuse)

2. cop-out (disappointment):

cop-out

Enttäuschung f

cop-out

schwache Vorstellung

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

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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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