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flying colours

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flying colours
Noun, pl
conspicuous success; triumph: they passed with flying colours
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Noun1.flying colours - complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors"
flying colors
success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one


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I boxed, swam, sailed, rode horses, lived in the open an arrantly healthful life, and passed life insurance examinations with flying colours.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
So I came off with flying colours, though from an affair in which I was at the very brink of destruction.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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