PASS WITH FLYING COLORS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pass with flying colors mean? 

• PASS WITH FLYING COLORS (verb)
  The verb PASS WITH FLYING COLORS has 1 sense:

1. succeed at easily

  Familiarity information: PASS WITH FLYING COLORS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASS WITH FLYING COLORS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Succeed at easily

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ace; breeze through; nail; pass with flying colors; sail through; sweep through

Context example:

She nailed her astrophysics course

Hypernyms (to "pass with flying colors" is one way to...):

make it; pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something