Meaning of good-cop bad-cop | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“They spent about an hour playing good-cop bad-cop and making a dent in my supply⟳ of dark French Roast from The Castro Bean (Tango 87).”

“Just think⟳, if we run⟳ into bad guys, there’s two of us, and we can play⟳ good-cop bad-cop.”

“Together they can play⟳ good-cop bad-cop, while Cubans wait⟳ for word on their nation’s future.”

“His personnel file⟳, an inch thick with commendations, recounts hunches he played, good-cop bad-cop routines, shoot-outs with Glocks and Berettas.”

“JENKINS AND LUCAS played good-cop bad-cop for a while, Jenkins suggesting that Honey Bee had helped some, and she might help⟳ more, and so deserved another chance. Lucas wanted to put⟳ her in jail.”

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