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cop-out

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cop-out

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

  • I think that saying you're sick is just a cop-out to get out of going to work
Synonyms of cop-out

avoidance, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning
Words Related to cop-out

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention
Near Antonyms of cop-out

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

cop out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of cop out

to break a promise or agreement

  • don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage
Synonyms of cop out

back down, back off, back out, fink out, renege
Words Related to cop out

chicken (out), wimp out

backpedal, backtrack

abjure, abnegate, disavow, forswear (also foreswear), recall, recant, repudiate, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw

beg off, cry off [chiefly British]
Phrases Synonymous with cop out

go back on
Near Antonyms of cop out

adhere (to), follow through (with)

comply (with), fulfill (or fulfil), honor, keep, satisfy

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