cop a packet

cop a packet
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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