Copping Out

When you write an inflammatory article, Mr. Goldberg, and then receive the due criticism, I say stand in and take it, rather than copping-out by claiming to be merely a bystander. ❋ Unknown (2007)

No, I never worry about being too complex for the reader, because that kind of second-guessing just leads to chickening-out, copping-out and selling-out — or it would for me anyway. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Even if its thematics turns out to be quite at odds with my own deep-rooted atheist-humanism (which seems a fair bet given that God is pretty integral to this story), I'll be happy if at least has the balls to develop that thematics rather than copping-out constantly a la BSG. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If I am copping-out what do you call those who hold their beliefs privately but wont advocate for laws to support their beliefs?

Enough of the copping-out by claiming it’s all hypothetical. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even if its thematics turns out to be quite at odds with my own deep-rooted atheist-humanism (which seems a fair bet given that God is pretty integral to this story), I’ll be happy if at least has the balls to develop that thematics rather than copping-out constantly a la BSG. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

Don't [say you] [need] to [aaronize]. That's just a cop out. ❋ The Grammar Nazi (2001)

I was going to go to the movies with [Gillian] last night, but she copped out on me and made her [father] [dinner]. ❋ Justin (2005)

Saying you're sick [just because] you want to avoid a big [test] that you're [prepared] but scared for is a cop out. ❋ Chanceit (2007)

[Switchfoot's] "[24]" gives a message of hope when the [lead singer] repeats "I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out." ❋ Zealand (2007)

This phrase was parodied by [Monty Python] to end some [sketches]. Instead of a climax or [punch line], the police (cops) would turn up and arrest the characters. Therefore, they would literally "cop out" of finishing the sketch. The most notable was at the end of "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail". ❋ IndyMac (2009)

Even though Officer Jerry's shift wasn't over, [Officer Bob] still let Jerry [cop out] on dealing with [the Karen] bringing her problems to the police station because he's a good a friend. Kudos to him ❋ HE :) WHO WRITES (2021)

The ending to [Michael Crichton's] The [Andromeda] Strain. "Wait...the completely unstoppable supervirus turned into a [non-lethal] form. Now it eats rubber instead of killing people! We are saved!" Reader: "What a fucking cop out." ❋ Desmond Jones (2006)

1. Chris would have [met up] with his friends today but being a [cop out], he stayed in and watched child anime porn then played with his sisters. 2. [Vaughan] is such a cop out! ❋ Mattius Von Grim Lindley (2009)

Disgruntled citizen, speaking to his wife over morning coffee and [reading the newspaper]: Huh --- says here that the sheriff claims his [deputies] just need "additional training" in the wake of a [spate] of police-brutality and racial-profiling complaints... what a cop-out! The problem is that those piglice are dyed-in-the-wool assholes, and he knows it --- "training" isn't gonna help THOSE sadistic bullies; they behave that way due to their basic evil/hurtful nature, not because they are merely not "learned" or "familiar" enough about their assigned duties or how they're supposed to act! ❋ QuacksO (2017)

"I [feared] for my life when he reached for his [wallet],' is such a [cop-out]." ❋ Dex Novice (2021)