opt out

1. 1.

   choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing

   “She copped out when she was supposed to get into the hang glider”

   Synonymscop out

   Broaderchoose

Questions about opt out

What does opt out mean?

opt out means "choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing".

What is another word for opt out?

Close synonyms include cop out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is opt out a common word?

opt out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.