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Idiom

cop oneself on

Meaning

to cop on, stop behaving immaturely

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You need to cop yourself on and stop acting like a child.”

“If you want to keep your job, you really need to cop yourself on and start taking your responsibilities seriously.”

“After years of reckless behavior, he finally realized it was time to cop himself on and begin building a stable future for his family.”

Examples

simple

“You need to cop yourself on and stop acting like a child.”

contextual

“If you want to keep your job, you really need to cop yourself on and start taking your responsibilities seriously.”

complex

“After years of reckless behavior, he finally realized it was time to cop himself on and begin building a stable future for his family.”

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