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sail through
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to pass an exam or test, or deal with a task, very easily
Followed by the exam or task: 'sail through the exam'. The opposite feeling is 'scrape through' (only just pass).
In context
She practised every day, so she sailed through her driving test.
Don't worry, you'll sail through the interview with your experience.
More idioms about study
- a bookworma person who loves reading and reads a lot
- a bright sparksaid ironically about someone whose clever idea was actually silly
- a closed booka subject that you do not understand or know anything about
- a crash coursea short course that teaches a lot in a very short time
- a dab hand at somethingvery good at a particular skill or activity