What does cop it mean?

cop it

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

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British usage; Slang

""Oh, you'll cop it," said the recruit. "The sergeant has been here twice looking for you.""
"He shook his black, dishevelled hair ominously and said: "You'll cop it for this!""
"I suppose he must have been all right, because you don't half cop it for killing a soldier."

cops it (present, singular) copping it (participle, present) copped it (participle, past) copped it (past)

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