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*clear sailing and *smooth sailing

Fig. a situation where progress is made without any difficulty. (*Typically: be ~; have ~.) Once you've passed that exam, it will be clear sailing to graduation. Working there was not all smooth sailing. The boss had a very bad temper.

See also: clear, sailing

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McConnell said aside from some standard regulatory approvals, the project appears to have clear sailing ahead of it. Sault Gateway: 'the thing's going to get built' by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business It was clear sailing from then on for Hayes, 27, who broke the Olympic mark of 12. SURPRISE! HAYES UNEXPECTEDLY WINS HURDLES RUNNERS' COLLISION CLEARS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Not all is clear sailing, though, for Alimentos y Frutos and Duncan Fox's other properties. Growing with the world: Chile's Duncan Fox enjoyed big numbers in ... by Joelson, Daniel A. / Latin Trade More results

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McConnell said aside from some standard regulatory approvals, the project appears to have clear sailing ahead of it.

Sault Gateway: 'the thing's going to get built' by Ross, Ian / Northern Ontario Business

It was clear sailing from then on for Hayes, 27, who broke the Olympic mark of 12.

SURPRISE! HAYES UNEXPECTEDLY WINS HURDLES RUNNERS' COLLISION CLEARS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Not all is clear sailing, though, for Alimentos y Frutos and Duncan Fox's other properties.

Growing with the world: Chile's Duncan Fox enjoyed big numbers in ... by Joelson, Daniel A. / Latin Trade

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