sail through

idiom

: to move or proceed through in an easy, quick, and smooth way

The ball sailed through the open window.

The bill sailed through the legislature with only token opposition.

She sailed through the exam/course.

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But with contested Congressional seats up for grabs this year, if either party has the House, Senate and President, tax changes could sail through. —

Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024 Despite their differences, the animals work together to sail through mystical overflowing landscapes, navigating the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world. —

Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024 Team final lineups, assuming the U.S. women sail through as expected, will likely be determined by Sunday’s performances. —

Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 25 July 2024 Now the detectors have picked up on something else altogether: solar neutrinos, tiny, ghostly particles which sail through normal matter and may mask dark matter signals. —

Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sail through