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PLAIN SAILING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plain sailing mean?
• PLAIN SAILING (noun)
The noun PLAIN SAILING has 1 sense:
1. easy unobstructed progress
Familiarity information: PLAIN SAILING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Easy unobstructed progress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
clear sailing; easy going; plain sailing
Context example:
after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing
Hypernyms ("plain sailing" is a kind of...):
advance; advancement; forward motion; onward motion; procession; progress; progression (the act of moving forward (as toward a goal))
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