cop out
phrasal verbwithcopverb[T]uk/kɒp/us/kɑːp/-pp-
informaltoavoiddoing something that you should do or that you havepromisedto do because you arefrightened,shy, or youthinkit is toodifficult:
逃避,退出Shecoppedoutoftheparachutejumpat the lastminutewith somefeebleexcuse.她在最后一刻找了个蹩脚的借口躲过了跳伞。
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- flinch
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch