单词 | to cop out |
释义 | > as lemmasto cop out Categories » to cop out v. dialect slang. to cop out d. to cop out: to escape; to stop (work, etc.); to drop out from society; also, to give up an attempt, to evade a responsibility (chiefly North American). slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)] unbenda1400 unbinda1400 to leave (a person) the field?c1450 to give upa1616 to call (it) quits1851 to pull the pin1860 to hang up one's fiddle1889 to pack in1906 to pack up1925 to cop out1942 to give it away1949 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > as thieves or criminals to take stoppo1935 to cop out1942 to do a runner1980 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > evade responsibility or obligation to cop out1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §498/3 Flee; escape, cop,..cop (an) out. 1961 F. J. Rigney & L. D. Smith Real Bohemia p. xiv Cop, to; — out,..to give up Bohemian values, to ‘sell out to squares’. 1967 Jazz Monthly Dec. 19/2 One might expect him to be playing from memory to some extent, taking it easy and copping out when he can. 1968–70 Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3–4 30, 31 Cop out,..to quit, give up without trying. 1969 It 13–28 June 1 After Photoprinters..copped out..It..appeared in a limited edition. 1970 Win 1 Jan. 25/3 The intellectuals, so many of whom were kept from copping out by Bob's continuing commitment in the face of death. 1973 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 30 Dec. 20/5 One gets the feeling that Jewison's use of modern tanks..and frenetic dance routines gives him some sort of an excuse to cop out if he needed to do so. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters x. 396 Did Gibbons cop out where a stronger man would have acted? 1986 New Statesman 4 July 3/3 But Peacock and Co...could hardly cop out at that early stage and announce that advertising on the BBC would be a bad thing. < as lemmas |
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