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Meaning of cop it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To get into trouble; to be punished.

British, slang

Examples

“"Oh, you'll cop it," said the recruit. "The sergeant has been here twice looking for you."”
“He shook his black, dishevelled hair ominously and said: "You'll cop it for this!"”
“I suppose he must have been all right, because you don't half cop it for killing a soldier.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cop off cop off with cop on cop one's whack cop oneself on cop onto

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