COP-OUT


Meaning of COP-OUT in English

(~s)

If you refer to something as a ~, you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do. (INFORMAL)

To decline to vote is a ~...

The film’s ending is an unsatisfactory ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .