cop out

I think fun’s a cop-out, sometimes, when things aren’t going well—everybody likes to say, “Well, let’s just have fun.”

But that phrase can be a cop-out, so, as you get older, kid, don’t use it.

Some would say that that’s a cop-out, this glass half full and half empty.

Still, Kuntz’s subjective analysis feels like a bit of a cop-out since the Galaxy returned 10 of the 14 players who appeared in last year’s MLS Cup final, a game midfielder Riqui Puig, the team’s most indispensable player, missed with injury.

The Writers Guild of America, East, which represents CBS News’ editorial union, said the parent company’s cop-out “threatens journalists’ ability to do their job reporting on powerful public figures.”