cop off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“What we have seen across the country is that has become increasingly difficult to get a bad cop off the street.”
From Washington Post
It was possibly the least likely place to hear Philip Glass; people in bikinis and swim shorts all trying to cop off with each other.
From BBC
At the same time the administration is weakening and killing environmental safeguards, it has taken the EPA cop off the beat.
From Salon
You might think that people who wanted to go to a nightclub to drink and dance and cop off with each other would balk at the idea of spending the evening in an environment where inevitable systematic exploitation was being addressed, but apparently not.
From The Guardian
My self-esteem isn’t great at the best of times, but it still stung to be told that I wasn’t even charismatic enough to cop off with an alcoholic extra-terrestrial who looks like the results page of a colon-cleanse website.
From The Guardian
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