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fail out

fail out verb: to be forced to leave a school or university because of unsatisfactory grades.

Verb

fail out (third-person singular simple present fails out, present participle failing out, simple past and past participle failed out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To be forced to leave a school or university because of unsatisfactory grades.

Forms of fail out

third-person singular presentfails out
present participlefailing out
past participlefailed out
pastfailed out

Questions about fail out

What does fail out mean?
Fail out means to be forced to leave a school or university because of unsatisfactory grades.
What part of speech is fail out?
Fail out is a verb.
What is the past tense of fail out?
The past tense of fail out is failed out.

Words near fail out in the dictionary

  1. fail dyke
  2. fail dykes
  3. fail fast
  4. fail of
  5. fail open
  6. fail out
  7. fail over
  8. fail safe
  9. fail up
  10. fail up the ladder
  11. fail upward

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