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flunk out

US informal phrasal verb with flunk
 
/flʌŋk/ verb [T] mainly US informal

Definition

to have to leave school or college because your work is not good enough: Dan won't be in college next year - he flunked out.Failing and doing badlyNot going to school
(Definition of flunk out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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