Cop Out - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 cop out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcop out phrasal verb informalNOT DO somethingto not do something that someone thinks you should do  As far as I’m concerned, she’s copped out and joined the rat race. → cop-out → cop→ See Verb tablecop-outˈcop-out noun [countable] informal    NOT DO somethingsomething you do or say in order to avoid doing or accepting something  Ignoring the problem is a cop-out.Examples from the Corpuscop-out• Putting the blame on your parents for your problems is a cop-out.• This is a cop-out, and it is false on the counts both of principle and fact.• This is, really, a cop-out, and can be an expensive one.• The creation of such multiple scenarios is not really a cop-out.• There was plenty to do on your own doorstep - to look further was a cop-out.• This kind of cop-out is also likely to undermine the parents' credibility and the trust put in them.• Is that not a political cop-out? Exercises Exercises

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	cop
he, she, it	cops
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	copped
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have copped
he, she, it	has copped
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had copped
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cop
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have copped
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am copping
he, she, it	is copping
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you, we, they	are copping
Past
I, he, she, it	was copping
you, we, they	were copping
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been copping
he, she, it	has been copping
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been copping
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be copping
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been copping
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