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clear sailing

clear sailing noun: a situation where one can proceed with no serious problems.

Noun

clear sailing (uncountable)

  1. A situation where one can proceed with no serious problems.
    • But it was not all clear sailing. When Mandel wrote Mrs. Roosevelt on March 18, 1941, exposing the China Aid Committee as a Communist front, she wrote back, “I do not understand what you are trying to bring to my attention.2001, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, The Venona Secrets: Exposing Soviet Espionage and America's Traitors, →ISBN
    • Once the students understand the connection between the subjective values of individuals, their actions, and market prices, the rest of the course should be relatively clear sailing.1975, Bettina Bien Greaves, Free Market Economics: A Syllabus, →ISBN, page 37

Questions about clear sailing

What does clear sailing mean?
Clear sailing means a situation where one can proceed with no serious problems.
What part of speech is clear sailing?
Clear sailing is a noun.

Words near clear sailing in the dictionary

  1. clear quartz
  2. clear quartzes
  3. Clear Range
  4. clear round
  5. clear rounds
  6. clear sailing
  7. Clear Script
  8. clear someone's name
  9. clear stuff
  10. clear the air
  11. clear the decks

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