écoper

French

Etymology

From écope + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.kɔ.pe/
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Verb

écoper

  1. (nautical) to bail out
  2. (colloquial, intransitive, or transitive with de) to get, to be on the receiving end
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      Il va vraisemblablement écoper d’une retenue sur salaire et d’un sursis, rien de bien terrible.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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