cop
noun
were copping
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past progressiveof cop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps she considers it a dramatic cheat, as though the writer were copping out of the hard work of dramatization.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 8, 2025
The assumption was that if you made abstract art then you were copping out, that you were choosing to be with the mainstream.”
From New York Times β Oct. 21, 2012
