pass with flying colors


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Verb1.pass with flying colors - succeed at easilypass with flying colors - succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
ace, breeze through, sail through, sweep through, nail
make it, pass - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
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