Cop a packet verb phrase
To be critically injured
Despite copping a packet after the explosion, John tried to crawl out of the rubble.
Some soldiers copped a packet during clashes with drug smugglers along the border.
The army was forced to retreat because their commander copped a packet.
Injured and/or exhausted, especially when this is the result of an assault or a physically demanding activity.
The verb "cop" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase derives from the military.
Someone or something that tends to be unpredictable
Harry was always the joker in the pack at school.