cop-out

[kop-out]

cop-out

[kop-out]
noun 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.

Origin:
1940–45; noun use of verb phrase cop out
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Cop-out is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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