cop out

sorumluluktan kaçmak, yan çizmek

Genellikle bahane bularak zor bir işi yapmaktan veya sorumluluk almaktan kaçınmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To avoid doing something difficult or taking responsibility, often by making an excuse.

• Don’t cop out now.
• She copped out of making the final decision.
• Are you going to cop out and let us do everything?

Nasıl kullanılır: cop out of doing something (He copped out of helping us move.); cop out on something (Don’t cop out on your responsibilities.)

Eş anlamlılar: shirk, back out, dodge

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop out again, cop out of something

yüzüstü bırakmak, yarı yolda bırakmak

Sana ihtiyaç duyan birini yardım veya destek vermeden bırakmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To leave someone without help or support when they need you.

• Please don’t cop out on me.
• He copped out on his friends when they needed help.
• You promised to stay; why are you copping out on us?

Nasıl kullanılır: cop out on someone (She copped out on me when I needed her most.)

Eş anlamlılar: let down, abandon, betray

Zıt anlamlılar: support

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop out on someone, cop out on friends

suçunu kabul edip af dilemek

Mahkemede suçunu kabul ederek daha hafif bir ceza istemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To admit guilt in court and ask for a lighter punishment.

• He decided to cop out.
• The defendant copped out and asked the judge for mercy.
• His lawyer advised him to cop out before the trial began.

Eş anlamlılar: plead guilty

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop out in court, cop out before sentencing

suçlamak, suçu birine yüklemek

Birini yanlış bir davranıştan sorumlu tutmak veya suçun ona yüklenmesine neden olmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To blame someone or cause them to be held responsible for wrongdoing.

• They tried to cop him out.
• His partner copped him out on the robbery charge.
• Why did you cop me out for the missing money?

Nasıl kullanılır: cop someone out on something (They copped him out on the theft charge.)

Eş anlamlılar: blame, implicate

Zıt anlamlılar: exonerate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop someone out, cop someone out again

çeteden ayrılmak

Bir çeteden ayrılıp artık onun üyesi olmamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To leave a gang or stop being part of it.

• He wanted to cop out.
• Two members copped out of the gang last year.
• Will they let you cop out and leave town?

Nasıl kullanılır: cop out of something (He copped out of the gang after his brother was arrested.)

Eş anlamlılar: quit, leave

Zıt anlamlılar: join

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop out of something, cop out on someone

gözüne girmek, gönlünü kazanmak

Birinin seni sevmesini veya sana yardım etmek istemesini sağlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make someone like you or become willing to help you.

• He hoped to cop her out.
• She copped him out by praising his work.
• Can a few gifts really cop someone out?

Nasıl kullanılır: cop someone out (He tried to cop the boss out with compliments.)

Eş anlamlılar: win over, charm

Zıt anlamlılar: alienate

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cop someone out, cop someone out completely