Sports Criticism

verb to criticize or reprimand someone strongly

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence, in this case indicating the direction or target of the action

• The judge will come down on the defendant with a harsh sentence.
• If you don't clean your room, mom is going to come down on you.
• The boss really came down on me for being late to work.
• The rain started to come down on us as we walked home.

noun a way of avoiding doing something that one does not want to do or that one finds difficult

verb to avoid doing something that one does not want to do or that one finds difficult

• It is considered a cop out to blame others for your own mistakes.
• I think it's a cop out to not take responsibility for what happened.
• Don't be such a cop out and face the consequences of your actions.
• Choosing the easy way out is just a cop out in the long run.

noun anti-aircraft fire or criticism

• The politician received a lot of flak for his controversial decision.
• I caught a lot of flak from my friends for being late to the party.
• I can't believe I'm getting so much flak for wearing these old sneakers.
• She's always taking flak from her boss, but she handles it well.