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plain sailing

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plain sailing
Noun
1. Informal smooth or easy progress
2. Naut sailing in a body of water that is unobstructed; clear sailing
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Noun1.plain sailing - easy unobstructed progress; "after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing"
clear sailing, easy going
forward motion, onward motion, advancement, progress, progression, procession, advance - the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
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It was very pleasant, when I stayed late in town, to launch myself into the night, especially if it was dark and tempestuous, and set sail from some bright village parlor or lecture room, with a bag of rye or Indian meal upon my shoulder, for my snug harbor in the woods, having made all tight without and withdrawn under hatches with a merry crew of thoughts, leaving only my outer man at the helm, or even tying up the helm when it was plain sailing.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
There was now no one on board of his boat that had ever voyaged on the Missouri; it was, however, all plain sailing down the stream, without any chance of missing the way.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
One goes along smoothly enough, one thing following another, and it's all very jolly and plain sailing, and you think you know all about it, and suddenly one doesn't know where one is a bit, and everything seems different from what it used to seem.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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