cop-out

cop-out
/kop"owt'/, n. Informal.
1. an act or instance of copping out; reneging; evasion: The governor's platform was a cop-out.
2. a person who cops out: Everyone helped as they had promised, except for one cop-out.
[1940-45; n. use of v. phrase cop out]

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