flunking
91get down — 1. in. to lay one’s money on the table. (Gambling.) □ Okay, everybody get down. □ Get down, and let’s get going! 2. in. to concentrate; to do something well. □ I’m flunking two subjects, man. I gotta get down. □ …
92lit — 1. n. literature, as a school subject. □ I’m flunking English lit again. □ I hate lit. Give me numbers any day. 2. AND lit up mod. drunk. □ She was always lit by bedtime. □ …
93nuts and bolts — 1. n. the mundane workings of something; the basics of something. □ I want you to learn how to write well. You have to get down to the nuts and bolts of writing. □ She’s got a lot of good, general ideas, but when it comes to the nuts and bolts of …
94flunk — 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 …
95flunk out — ˌflunk ˈout [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they flunk out he/she/it flunks out present participle flunking out past tense …
