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    flunk
    [fləNGk]
    verb
    flunking (present participle)
    1. fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study):
      "I flunked biology in the tenth grade" · "I didn't flunk but I didn't do too well"
      • judge (a student or examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard:
        "the teacher flunked thirteen third-graders"
      • (flunk out)
        (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard:
        "he had flunked out of college"
    Origin
    early 19th century (in the general sense ‘back down, fail utterly’; originally US): perhaps related to funk or to US flink ‘be a coward’, perhaps a variant of flinch.
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    verb
    1. fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study):
      be unsuccessful in
      not pass
      be found wanting
      be found deficient
      not make the grade
      not pass muster
      not come up to scratch
      be rejected
      Opposite:
      pass
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