cop out
To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
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Born ~1942 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
"Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin', I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on" #Stacked #560 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐…
“Multiple timelines” was an amazing twist when it was new, now it’s just a cop out to avoid having to make decisions.
I've never been to Galaxy's Edge but will definitely go one day. I got sort of sad reading that the music written specifically for it has been replaced with songs from the original trilogy though. I get why, but it fe…
If you have no idea how this happens you shouldn't be in politics You can't be that naïve Why don't you explain why it happens Just a cop out to say you don't understand
i feel like thats a bit of a cop out
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To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
There was no bird fair at Druridge so I didn't have to feel guilty about copping out of it.
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(idiomatic, slang) To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble.
His lawyer copped him out on just one felony charge.
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(idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
““Multiple timelines” was an amazing twist when it was new, now it’s just a cop out to avoid having to make decisions.”
“I've never been to Galaxy's Edge but will definitely go one day. I got sort of sad reading that the music written specifically for it has been replaced with songs from the original trilogy though. I get why, but it feels like a cop out.”
“If you have no idea how this happens you shouldn't be in politics You can't be that naïve Why don't you explain why it happens Just a cop out to say you don't understand”
Faced with the prospect of cooking for himself, his first thought was to cop out and order a pizza.
“"Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin', I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on" #Stacked #560 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐 Categories #705 🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 categories.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Multiple timelines” was an amazing twist when it was new, now it’s just a cop out to avoid having to make decisions.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've never been to Galaxy's Edge but will definitely go one day. I got sort of sad reading that the music written specifically for it has been replaced with songs from the original trilogy though. I get why, but it feels like a cop out.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If you have no idea how this happens you shouldn't be in politics You can't be that naïve Why don't you explain why it happens Just a cop out to say you don't understand”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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