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choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing
She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider
How To Use cop out In A Sentence
- One more time and they woulda seen that the way to cop out on Tillary was to say he hired them to kill her. WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
- Some of the man-bashing and emotional blackmail seems a bit of a cop out when sections of the production are effectively dramatic and poetically lyrical.
- `What happens to you in life can probably push you down that path, but it's a cop out to say another person forces you into it. JUST BETWEEN US
- You're not going to cop out at the last minute, are you?
- This strikes me as not exactly a cop out, but rather a glossing over what, to me, is so simple.
- I finally decided that I am not buying a traditional hat but will cop out and wear a fascinator.
- Sometimes this even goes for smaller movies Kevin Smith said that when he was making "Cop Out" the studio had to approve the visuals from the first days of shooting because he was using a cinematographer that's never worked with them before. chee All Warner Bros Tentpole Movies Will Be Released in 3D | /Film
- Cop Out looks about as funny as medieval methods of haemorrhoid removal. New Photo from Kevin Smith’s Cop Out; Hit Somebody to Shoot in 2010? | /Film
- I mean we could play as fast as we want, growl a lot and detune our guitars but I think that would just be a cop out to the fans as well as us.
- Whereas some artists cop out and simply borrow a hook from an old jazz or blues record then slap a techno/trip-hop beat on it, Tobin's approach is more subtle and complex.
