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to sail through

noun

A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

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Some students seem to sail through and some stumble through on their own.

"I expected this to sail through, but I was wrong," said Anne Saxon-Hersh, president of the park group.

After the revolution, he expected permits to sail through, particularly since his two proposed superstores meant more than 1,400 jobs.

Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's hardware business appears set to sail through, having passed shareholder and regulator approval.

Hatch allowed a handful of other Democratic amendments to sail through in the enforcement bill.

The current deal is likely to sail through without even a hearing, much less any serious effort to block it.

I had endured a lot in my life and had, thus far, managed to sail through unscathed.

A quarter-mile deep and big enough for a ship to sail through, its 160-foot entrance revealed rock arches encrusted with red and green lichen.

GEORGE PAPANDREOU appears to sail through life with remarkable calmness.

Thus, Dezhnyov was the first European to sail through the Bering Strait.

His plan: to sail through the harbor, beyond Confederate fortifications, to the Union blockade — to freedom.

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