cop out

1.
United StatesUnited KingdomInternationalinformaldisapproving
- To avoid responsibility, duty, or commitment, especially by making an excuse or backing out.
- To withdraw from a promise or obligation in a way regarded as cowardly or inadequate.
2.
United StatesUnited KingdomInternationalinformaldisapproving
- An evasion or weak excuse used to avoid responsibility; an act of backing out.

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