cop out
Example Sentences
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I think fun’s a cop-out, sometimes, when things aren’t going well—everybody likes to say, “Well, let’s just have fun.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Some would say that that’s a cop-out, this glass half full and half empty.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025
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.”
From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025
The Disney statement, in particular, feels like a cop-out.
From Salon • Dec. 31, 2024
In our day and age, you might give a cop-out excuse like "The heart wants what it wants," but keep in mind this was Iran in the 1940s.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
