Usually means: Fail to meet required standards.
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  1. flunk out: Merriam-Webster
  2. flunk out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flunk out: Wordnik
  4. flunk out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. flunk out: Wiktionary
  6. flunk out: Dictionary.com
  7. flunk out: FreeDictionary.org
  8. flunk out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. flunk out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. flunk out: Idioms

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  1. flunk out: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (flunk out)

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

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