cop out
• avoid doing something that one ought to do.
• "he copped out at the last moment"
Similar:
avoid,
shirk,
skip,
dodge,
sidestep,
skirt round,
bypass,
steer clear of,
evade,
escape,
run away from,
shrink from,
slide out of,
back out of,
pull out of,
turn one's back on,
duck,
duck out of,
wriggle out of,
get out of,
skive,
skive off,
funk,
cut,
duck-shove,
decline,
bilk,
cop-out
noun
• an instance of avoiding a commitment or responsibility.
• "the government's green paper is a complete cop-out"
Similar:
excuse,
pretext,
ostensible reason,
pretence,
front,
cover,
cover-up,
subterfuge,
fabrication,
evasion,
escape,
