Clear sailing

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A situation where one can proceed with no serious problems. uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    easy unobstructed progress wordnet

Synonyms

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assuranceeasy goingharmlessnessimmunityplain sailingprotection

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"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."

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