(flunk)

  • 21flunk — verb Flunk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑class, ↑course, ↑exam, ↑quiz …

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  • 22flunk — Synonyms and related words: be found wanting, be unsuccessful, bollix, botch, bungle, bust, come to grief, fail, fail of success, fiasco, flunk out, foozle, go bankrupt, hash, labor in vain, lose, mess, muddle, not come off, not pass, not work,… …

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  • 23flunk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fail, flunk out [off]. See failure. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fail, miss, drop out, have to repeat; see fail 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. see fail IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To… …

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  • 24flunk — [[t]flʌ̱ŋk[/t]] flunks, flunking, flunked VERB If you flunk an exam or a course, you fail to reach the required standard. [mainly AM, INFORMAL] [V n] Your son is upset because he flunked a history exam. Syn: fail …

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  • 25flunk — verb informal, chiefly N. Amer. fail to reach the required standard in (an examination). ↘(flunk out) be dismissed from school or college for failing examinations. Origin C19: perh. related to funk1 or to US flink be a coward , perh. a var. of… …

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  • 26flunk — verb informal especially AmE 1 (I, T) to fail a test: Tony flunked chemistry last semester. 2 (T) to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it flunk out phrasal verb (I) informal especially AmE to be forced to leave a school or… …

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  • 27flunk — /flʌŋk / (say flungk) Colloquial –verb (i) 1. to fail, as a student in an examination. 2. Also, flunk out. to give up; back out. –verb (t) 3. to fail in (an examination, etc.). 4. to remove (a student) as unqualified from a school, course, etc.… …

  • 28flunk — [flarjk] 1. tv. & in. to earn a failing grade in a course. □ I’m flunking in English lit. □ Wilbur is flunking everything. 2. tv. to assign someone a failing grade. □ Good grief! She flunked me! □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 29flunk — v. & n. US colloq. v. 1 tr. a fail (an examination etc.). b fail (an examination candidate). 2 intr. (often foll. by out) fail utterly; give up. n. an instance of flunking. Phrases and idioms: flunk out be dismissed from school etc. after failing …

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  • 30Flunk Punk Rumble — Cover of the first volume of Flunk Punk Rumble as published by Kodansha ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん (Yankee kun …

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