'cop out' definitions:
Definition of 'cop out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing; "She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider" [syn: opt out, cop out]
Synonyms of 'cop out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement of differences,
- abstain,
- abstention,
- accommodate,
- accommodation,
- adjust,
- adjustment,
- alibi,
- anythingarianism,
- arrangement,
- bargain,
- cash in,
- check out,
- compose,
- composition,
- compound,
- compromise,
- concession,
- conk,
- cop a plea,
- croak,
- deal,
- desertion of principle,
- die,
- drop,
- duck responsibility,
- duck the issue,
- escape without penalty,
- evade,
- evade responsibility,
- evade the issue,
- evasion,
- evasion of responsibility,
- excuse,
- fence-sitting,
- forsake the world,
- get away with,
- get by,
- get off,
- get off cheap,
- give and take,
- give way,
- give-and-take,
- giving way,
- go,
- go at liberty,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go free,
- go into retirement,
- go scot free,
- impartiality,
- independence,
- kick in,
- kick off,
- lame excuse,
- likely story,
- live alone,
- live apart,
- live in retirement,
- make a deal,
- make an adjustment,
- make concessions,
- meet halfway,
- mugwumpery,
- mugwumpism,
- mutual concession,
- neutralism,
- neutrality,
- nonalignment,
- noncommitment,
- noninvolvement,
- nonpartisanism,
- nothingarianism,
- out,
- peg out,
- play politics,
- poor excuse,
- reach a compromise,
- remain incommunicado,
- retire,
- rusticate,
- settle,
- settlement,
- sit it out,
- split the difference,
- stand neuter,
- stay at home,
- straddle,
- strict neutrality,
- strike a balance,
- strike a bargain,
- surrender,
- take the mean,
- take the veil,
- trim,
- understanding,
- win freedom,
- yield,
- yielding