Cop-out

Synonyms for "cop-out" (22 found)

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Noun(1 words)

25 translations across 6 languages.

4 entries

het laten afweten noun (avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty)
het terugkrabbelen noun (avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty)
het zich onttrekken noun (avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty)
iemand die afhaakt noun (a person who cops out)

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osoba wymigująca się od pracy noun (a person who cops out)
wymigiwanie się noun (avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty)
wymówka noun (an excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty)

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отгово́рка noun (an excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty)

3 entries

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That's a cheap cop-out.

Source: tatoeba (1494820)

His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out.

Source: wiktionary

“It’s interesting what he stayed away from,” said Cameron. “Look, I love the film-making, but I did feel that it was a bit of a moral cop-out.”

Source: wiktionary

It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.