flunk out

flunk out
Am sl 1. вылететь (быть исключенным из учебного заведения)

He flunked out of Harvard just after one year.

Fred flunked out of college during his junior year.

2. провалиться, засыпаться (не справиться); завалить (предмет)

The camera ran out of film so we flunked out as photographers.

Bill is about to flunk out Geometry.


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  • flunk out — ˌflunk ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they flunk out he/she/it flunks out present participle flunking out past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • flunk out — v. i. to be dismissed (from a school or course of study) due to failure to perform up to the minimum standard. Syn: fail out; wash out. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flunk-out — «FLUHNGK OWT», noun. U.S. Informal. a person who flunks out; flunkee: »a college flunk out …   Useful english dictionary

  • flunk out — (of school) to be forced to leave school because of failing work. He had been a computer science student before he flunked out of a California university …   New idioms dictionary

  • flunk out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms flunk out : present tense I/you/we/they flunk out he/she/it flunks out present participle flunking out past tense flunked out past participle flunked out mainly American informal to have to leave a school… …   English dictionary

  • flunk out of — phr verb Flunk out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑college …   Collocations dictionary

  • flunk out — fail a school program, fail a course    If you flunk out of college, you will have to find a job …   English idioms

  • flunk out of school — flunk out (of school) to be forced to leave school because of failing work. He had been a computer science student before he flunked out of a California university …   New idioms dictionary

  • flunk out (of something) — ˌflunk ˈout (of sth) derived (NAmE, informal) to have to leave a school or college because your marks/grades are not good enough • He flunked out of college after four semesters. Main entry: ↑flunkder …   Useful english dictionary

  • flunk out — be dismissed from school or college for failing examinations. → flunk …   English new terms dictionary

  • flunk out — {v. phr.} To have to withdraw from school or college because of too many failing grades. * /Fred flunked out of college during his junior year./ …   Dictionary of American idioms


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