Out of favour in graduate party, gloomy (2,3,5)

I believe the answer is:

in bad odour

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'out of favour' is the definition.
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'in graduate party gloomy' is the wordplay.
'graduate' becomes 'BA' (someone with a Bachelor of Arts degree).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'gloomy' becomes 'dour' (I've seen this before).
'in'+'ba'+'do'+'dour'='IN BAD ODOUR'

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