breeze in

1. Win easily, as in A fine golfer, he breezed in first . This usage at first alluded to horse racing but soon was transferred to more general use. [c. 1900]

2. Arrive in a casual way, as in She breezed in, two hours late . This phrase transfers the blowing of a light wind to human entrances. [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]

Example Sentences

“This is because there’s still going to be a marine layer present and we’ll still have a sea breeze in the afternoon whereas if we were in a Santa Ana event there would be no sea breeze.”

From Los Angeles Times

‘Wolfs’ stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt shoot the breeze in a GQ interview, with Clooney taking aim at filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and David O. Russell.

From Los Angeles Times

Conditions were ideal enough, even with a stronger breeze in the afternoon, that 27 players were at 68 or lower on one of the stronger courses on the Florida swing.

From Seattle Times

I lugged my bike out of the garage and sped down the sidewalk, whipped by the breeze in the blistering sun.

From Literature

“My greatest delight so far this year is the unprecedented abundance in my hillside garden after the terrifying atmospheric river rainstorms of winter. Plants that had struggled to survive through years of drought and skimping irrigation have now doubled in size and dance in the breeze in glorious colors.”

From New York Times

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