flunk out

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tofailto finishschool, or a givensubject,programorcourse, due toacademicshortcomings;i.e., to have too manyflunkingorfailinggrades(marks).Heflunked outof 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.1974,Robert M[aynard] Pirsig,Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.:William Morrow & Company,→ISBN:They could simply have replied, "No, we're way too square. And until you do come up with an answer, stick to the syllabus so that we don't have toflunk outyour mixed-up students when we get them next quarter."

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