Mar 31, 2022 03:26
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English term

cop the lot

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters cop the lot
I'll cop the lot and keep you out of it, OK?

Someone trying to convince his mate of a dangerous plan. The other guy doesn't seem convinced. The material is British.

Thanks in advance,

Discussion

S.J (asker) Apr 3, 2022:
Thank you all.
philgoddard Mar 31, 2022:
Thanks, Mark The asker posted a question recently about the abbreviation "f/p", and we told him it meant "found property". But maybe it was "fucking property".
Mark Robertson Mar 31, 2022:
Taking the blame. Tony is right.

This from The Responder Episode 5

That'll get you off whatever hook you think you're on.
Think I'm on?
Yeah. I'm sorting it,
OK? How?
I throw the bag into the found fսck¡ng property locker without booking it in.
What about my DNA?
Every copper in the bloody nick's DNA will be all over it. If anyone asks, which they won't, just say you kicked the bag out the way weeks ago. I cannot believe I'm having this conversation.

Right, Rachel, if this whole thing kicks off, I swear to God, you'll be in the clear. I'll cop the lot and keep you out of it, OK?

https://tvshowtranscripts.ourboard.org/viewtopic.php?f=1217&...
S.J (asker) Mar 31, 2022:
It isn't taking the blame here?
Tomasso Mar 31, 2022:
the lot, everything, all of them?? Not sure about British English, on ARE you being Served, Mr Humphries said, I put my hand in the sweet jar, and in 10 minutes, I had copped the lot.

Other phrases, I will take the lot, (take all of them?)
Really need to see what was said before and after, THE LOT can mean all of them, could be the blame, THE LOT seems to mean all, all of them, the whole thing. The word LOT could be anything, it is like a pronoun, It, them, they, those ....could refer to anythnig that is being talked about.

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take all the blame / responsibility

It usually means 'take', often in an unwelcome sense as in 'suffer'; a similar expression is "he took all the flak for the failure".
In this case, I think the 'I' person is saying he'll assume the responsibiility (and whatever 'punishment' may happen) for whatever the situation is, in order to keep the 'you' person out of trouble.
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agree philgoddard
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agree Mark Robertson
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agree Charlotte Fleming
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agree Yvonne Gallagher : yep
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agree Andre S. M. Pires
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