it's a fair cop
it's/that's a fair cop
An admission of wrongdoing upon being caught. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. What can I say? It was a fair cop. They saw me dumping my rubbish right there in the alleyway.
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it's a fair cop
an admission that the speaker has been caught doing wrong and deserves punishment.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
it’s a fair ˈcop
(British English, spoken, humorous) used by somebody who is caught doing something wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong: He just said, ‘it’s a fair cop’ and handed the bag to one of the policemen.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017