PLAIN SAILING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Easy unobstructed progress

Example:

after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing

Synonyms:

clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("plain sailing" is a kind of...):

advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))

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