"flunk out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-flunk out.ogg [Australia] Forms: flunks out [present, singular, third-person], flunking out [participle, present], flunked out [participle, past], flunked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flunk out (third-person singular simple present flunks out, present participle flunking out, simple past and past participle flunked out)
  1. (idiomatic) To fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks). Tags: idiomatic Related terms: drop out Translations (to fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings): kibukik (Hungarian), chumbar [Portugal] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-flunk_out-en-verb-Mk-v-GeM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'to fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings': 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) (of an educator or institution) To impose failing grades on (a student), often requiring a retaking of the course or academic year. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-flunk_out-en-verb-RWJY4Xk8 Disambiguation of Education: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 52 48

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