cop a packet
cop a packet
To be seriously injured. This phrase originated in the military. I got sent home after copping a packet during my tour of duty.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cop a packet
to become badly injured; to be wounded severely. (Originally military.) My uncle copped a packet in Normandy. If you want to cop a packet or worse, just stand up in that shallow trench, son.
See also: cop, packet
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
cop a packet
1 be killed, especially in battle. 2 contract a venereal disease. informal euphemisticSee also: cop, packet
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- packet
- spend a packet
- make a packet
- make, lose, spend, etc. a packet
- cop onto
- cop onto (something)
- cop onto something
- go doolally
- wrap
- cop it