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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 progressplay

  Familiarity information: PLAIN SAILING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLAIN SAILING (noun)


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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