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FLYING COLOURS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Complete success
Example:
they passed inspection with flying colors
Synonyms:
flying colors; flying colours
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("flying colours" is a kind of...):
success (an attainment that is successful)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
