cop the needle
(UK, slang) To grow annoyed.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(UK, slang) To grow annoyed.
It must have been the way I said it because he copped the needle and sneered, 'I haven't got to talk to you about fuck-all. Whatever I do is none of your Goddamn business.'
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