"cop it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-cop it.ogg [Australia] Forms: cops it [present, singular, third-person], copping it [participle, present], copped it [participle, past], copped it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cop it (third-person singular simple present cops it, present participle copping it, simple past and past participle copped it)
  1. (British, slang) To get into trouble; to be punished. Tags: British, slang Synonyms: catch it, catch hell, get it

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cop it meaning in English (2.5kB)

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