flunk out

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic) To fail to finish school, or a given subject, program 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.

(idiomatic) (of an educator or institution) To impose failing grades on (a student), often requiring a retaking of the course or academic year.

Examples

You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out. Stanley Crouch

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