Usually means: Understand the situation; display sense.
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  1. cop on: Wiktionary
  2. cop on: Dictionary.com

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  1. cop on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Cop-on: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. cop on: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (cop on)

noun:  (Ireland, informal, idiomatic) Common sense.
verb:  (Ireland, informal, idiomatic) To stop behaving immaturely; behave, grow up.
verb:  (Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) To come to understand; twig, cotton on.

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