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with flying colors

Cliché easily and excellently. John passed his geometry test with flying colors. Sally qualified for the race with flying colors.

with flying colors

mod. flamboyantly; boldly. Paul came home with flying colors after the match.

with flying colors

With complete or outstanding success: passed the exam with flying colors.

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It passed with flying colors, and we are now in the process of moving to the second stage of prototype productions.

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I'm happy to say we passed the most important test of the evening with flying colors," said John Fowler, executive vice president/technical operations and system control.

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