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flying colors

noun as in thoroughly successful

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For the Palisades boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams, they’ve made it through with flying colors.

When it came to the "One Hand Clapping" sessions, McCartney wanted to test Wings’ roadworthiness, an exam that the post-Beatles outfit passed with flying colors.

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Williams told “Good Day New York” anchor and friend Scotto that she passed her tests “with flying colors.”

In those conversations, she and caregiver Ginalisa Monterroso raised concerns about the guardian’s alleged control over Williams and touted the results of Williams’ competency tests: She passed with “flying colors.”

The resulting authenticity passed the verisimilitude test with flying colors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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