From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcopy something ↔ out phrasal verbCOPYto write something again exactly as it is written in the document that you are looking at The monks copied their manuscripts out by hand. → copy→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
copy out• Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon, or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters.• The document had become the classic of dissent for these young men, each copy painstakingly written out in longhand.• The beginner would be well advised to copy them out in open score with the necessary transpositions.• Some he would take home, copying them out most carefully before returning them in their leather cases to their proper places.• We've only five copies to give out, so don't hang about. 