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flunked out

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flunk

  [fluhngk]
Use flunked out in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to fail in a course or examination.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fail to get a passing mark in: to flunk math.
3. to give a failing grade to; remove (a student) as unqualified from a school or course.
–noun
4. a failure, as in a course or examination.
—Verb phrase
5. flunk out, to fail and be unable to continue in: He flunked out of flight school.
Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; perh. akin to flinch 1 , funk 1
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Word Origin & History

flunk 
1823, Amer.Eng. college slang, original meaning "to back out, give up, fail," traditionally said to be an alteration of British university slang funk "to be frightened, shrink from" (see funk (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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