Flunk
(verb)
To fail or do poorly in a course of study or examination; to be expelled from school.
Origin:
From the slang term flunk out, meaning to fail, first recorded in american english in the late 19th century.
Examples:
- She flunked her math test and had to take it again.
- He flunked out of college and had to repeat the year.
- They flunked the written test and had to take the driving test again.
- She was afraid she was going to flunk her final exams.
- He flunked the entrance exam and had to try again next year.