flunk out
phrasal verbwithflunkverb[T]mainlyUSinformaluk/flʌŋk/us/flʌŋk/
USinformalto have toleaveschoolorcollegebecauseyourworkis not good enough:
（因学业不好而）退学Dan won't be incollegenextyear- heflunkedout.丹明年不会继续上大学——他成绩不好退学了。
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sendsomeonedown(COLLEGE)UKold-fashioned
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
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