flunk out

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English - Turkish
başarısızlıktan dolayı okulu bırakmak zorunda kalmak
English - English
To fail to finish school, or a given subject or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks)

He flunked out of high school as a youth, but finished school later in life.

To impose failing grades on (a student), often requiring a retaking of the course or academic year
remove a student from school for failure; be dismissed from school for failing

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flunkout
someone who has given up an educational course
flunk out

    Turkish pronunciation

    flʌngk aut

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfləɴɢk ˈout/ /ˈflʌŋk ˈaʊt/

    Etymology

    [ 'fl&[ng]k ] (verb.) 1823. perhaps blend of flinch and funk.
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