flunk
/flʌŋk/ · verb
Meaning
- Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
- Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
- 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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