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Clear sailing   /klɪr sˈeɪlɪŋ/   Listen
Clear sailing

noun
1.
Easy unobstructed progress.  Synonyms: easy going, plain sailing.






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"Clear sailing" Quotes from Famous Books



... she'll try it again," growled the brigadier, "if the night be dark. She'll find it clear sailing in, ...
— A Village of Vagabonds • F. Berkeley Smith

... grunted. "Very likely it will be clear sailing for you, but it is my belief that some of us will run into a squall when we have left Leif and gone to our own homes, and it becomes known to our kinsmen that we are no longer Odin-men. It is probable that my father will stick his knife ...
— The Thrall of Leif the Lucky • Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

... laws, notably the Jim Crow car laws and the infamous election laws, the most outrageous ever inflicted upon a free people. The Negro has been legislated out of the legislative halls, leaving the white man clear sailing in enacting unjust laws which discriminate against all Negroes alike, regardless of condition, culture, refinement, wealth, ...
— Twentieth Century Negro Literature - Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating - to the American Negro • Various



Words linked to "Clear sailing" :   procession, progress, advancement, progression, advance, forward motion, onward motion



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