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Meanings of flunk in English

Portuguese
reprovar
Catalan
suspendre
Spanish
suspender

Fail to get a passing grade.

reprovar
Catalan
suspens

Failure to reach a minimum required performance.

suspens
Usage of flunk in English
1
She deliberately begins to flunk in order to stay in Andy's orbit.
The new yorker
2
It would serve her right if she did flunk in her examinations.
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College
3
She couldn't let Harry down and she couldn't flunk out of school.
Full circle
4
It was a flunk, and that was all there was to it.
The Cruise of the Dazzler
5
I reckon the chances are about two to one that I'll flunk.
Frank Merriwell's Reward
6
I'm not going to flunk the calc test. She rolled her eyes.
Getting in: a novel
7
The answer is, you can be suspended from school or flunk the test.
Wired
8
All you need to do now is flunk your law exams and bingo.
The ginger man
9
But sometimes PMQ open goals can be easier to flunk than people think.
The Guardian
10
It was the only bank in Ireland to flunk the exam.
The Irish Times
11
We see you starting to panic down there and you'll flunk the dive.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
12
Only if I flunk out of this school, I'll be dead.
John Winchester’s Journal
13
I may flunk out before the end of the year.
Full circle
14
I hope to goodness I don't flunk in the exams.
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
15
I'm not at all sure that I shall not flunk.
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
16
If he deserves to flunk, then flunk his ass out.
Sh*t my dad says
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Translations for flunk
Portuguese
reprovar
Flunk through the time
Flunk across language varieties
United States of America
Common