cop Idiom, Proverb

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cop

policeman, fuzz, pig I know this cop on the Calgary Police Force - he's a nice guy.

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cop out

an excuse, not trying, not doing your share Instead of speaking, he showed a video. What a cop out!

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copesetic

agreeable, fine, go along with, okay, OK Don is copesetic. He agrees with our plans.

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copper

(See cop)

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copycat

someone who copies another person

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hard copy

printed page(s), paper with printed words or pictures You can check your work on the computer screen, but it's easier find errors on hard copy.

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cop a feel

to get a feel of something, often applied to a grope of a sexual nature

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cop a plea

plead guilty to a reduced charge

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cop-it

to get into trouble

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cop off

see cop (verb 1)

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cop-out

1. an excuse, an avoidance of guilt [U.S.]
2. to withdraw from participation:"Rumour has it that Johnny's copped-out"

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cop shop

a police station

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cop some zeds

to sleep

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scope

1. to look at something
2. to stare down someone

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cope with

1．find a way to deal with；manage successfully 处理；有效地对付
I can't cope with such a pile of work this week．我本周处理不了这么一大堆工作。
The mayor should take steps to cope with the holiday rush．市长应采取措施解决假日食宿交通繁忙的问题。
2．match 与…相匹敌
She can't cope with him in maths．她在数学方面不如他。

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COPY DOWN

(separable) to record in writing
" Max told Mary about the idea. She copied it down and sold it to the highest bidder."

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Not much cop

Describing a film or something as not much cop is a way of saying that you didn't think much of it.

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cop a feel|a feel|cop|feel

v. phr., vulgar, avoidable To attempt to arouse sexually by manual contact, usually by surprise. John talks big for a 16 year old, but all he's ever done is cop a feel in a dark movie theater.
Compare: FEEL UP.
Antonym: COP A PLEA.

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cop a plea|a plea|cop|plea

v. phr., slang, colloquial To plead guilty during a trial in the hope of getting a lighter sentence as a result. The murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., copped a plea of guilty, and got away with a life sentence instead of the death penalty.

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cop out|cop

v. phr., slang, informal To avoid committing oneself in a situation where doing so would result in difficulties. Nixon copped out on the American people with Watergate.

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cop-out|cop

n. phr., slang, informal An irresponsible excuse made to avoid something one has to do, a flimsy pretext. Cowe on, Jim, that's a cheap cop-out, and I don't believe a word of it!

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copy cat|cat|copy

n. Someone who copies another person's work or manner. Usually used by children or when speaking to children. He called me a copy cat just because my new shoes look like his.

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master copy|copy|master

n. 1. A perfect text to which all copies are made to conform; a corrected version used as a standard by printers. The master copy must be right, because if it isn't, the mistakes in it will be repeated all through the edition. 2. A stencil from which other copies are made. Mr. Brown told his secretary to save the master copy so that they could run off more copies whenever they needed them. The master copy was too light so many of the copies didn't come out clear.

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carbon copy

carbon copy
A person or thing that closely resembles another, as in Our grandson is a carbon copy of his dad. Originally this term meant a copy of a document made by using carbon paper. The linguistic transfer to other kinds of duplicate survived the demise of carbon paper (replaced by photocopiers, computer printers, and other more sophisticated devices). [c. 1870]