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flunking out

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flunk

  [fluhngk]
Use flunking 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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