Examples of 'cop-out' in a sentence
Meaning of "cop-out"
cop-out (noun) - An excuse or evasion used to avoid a task or responsibility
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- Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
- An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.
- A person who cops out.
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Quitting seemed like a failure or a cop-out.
It is a cop-out and a shameful concession.
Just making them draw pictures is a cop-out.
And that cop-out plan of arranging for me to protect a witness.
This could just be a great educational cop-out.
Living by faith should not be a cop-out from social responsibility.
I do not think the open coordination method is a cop-out.
I do not say this as a cop-out for the guys out there.
I feel like a pressure cooker is a little bit of a cop-out.
This mindfulness jargon strikes me as a cop-out when used by working parents.
So two stitches just really feels like a cop-out.
Self-defeat may be an unforeseen cop-out or a way to avoid seemingly daunting challenges.
He looks at me as his dad because his own is a cop-out.
But we also distrust this third position as a lukewarm cop-out and a failure of theoretical vision.
I think living only in the present can be a cop-out.
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This is yet another cop-out produced by the NHS.
But some climate experts call offsets a cop-out.
That is a complete cop-out and the Commission should stand up for itself.
I think saying age put you on the streets is a cop-out.
An easy cop-out of putting on paper that which I have not the courage to do.
Maybe you just wanted me here for an elaborate cop-out.
And I am going to do the cop-out where I am going to say everyone.
And you of all people know that shortcuts are a cop-out.
This stuff is just cop-out distractions.
I agree with her that the bill is essentially a cop-out.
Is just a cop-out for losing sometimes.
But it is a dodge, a distortion of the facts and a cop-out as to the necessary response.
As economic growth is the major cause of rising emissions, this looks like a cop-out.
Even go so far as to claim that it is a cop-out for the Christian.
This cop-out does not really surprise me.
The state will run the educational system or whatever the cop-out happens to be.
I do not mean that as a cop-out because, obviously, it affects me.
My group will not accept this Commission cop-out.
You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout to come to our college.
Because bringing up Enea right now feels like a cop-out.
It's a bit of a cop-out to claim freedom of speech when people criticise you.
My Name is Bruce is a nice cop-out of a film.
What a cop-out way to say you do not want to do the play!
And I will not permit you or him to use the Vietnam War as a cop-out here.
Sorry, but that 's a cop-out as well as the perfect excuse to stay unhappy.
To me that reeks of cliché and cop-out.
So you see, you are not going to have a cop-out by blaming the church leader.
Compromise is the enemy, repetition a cop-out.
The two-letter cop-out for those who are too afraid to use the four-letter alternative.
Tonight seems like a bit of a cop-out.
Did he wet his pants? What a cop-out of a performance . How cliché.
I know it seems like a cop-out.
XO . The two-letter cop-out for those who are too afraid to use the four-letter alternative.
Sounds like such a cop-out.
Like it's a cop-out to try and escape.
