flunking
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flunking verb
- Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.“He flunked math, again.”
- Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.“Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.”
- To shirk (a task or duty).
- To back out through fear. (Commonly in the phrase 'flunk it', the 'it' referring to a specific task avoided; sometimes without specific reference describing a person's attitude to life in general.)
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failbombflush itfailingresittingresitacingskippingplagiarizingtestgraduatingenrollingcheatingmatriculategradatefreaking
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