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flying colours

plural noun

  1. conspicuous success; triumph

    he passed his test with flying colours

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This was a test for Elon Musk’s new Twitter - and it’s hard to say the site passed with flying colours.

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She passed the fitness and cognitive tasks with flying colours.

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But the Kiwi coach will know that passing the group stage with flying colours is one thing -from now on, knockout rugby means there is no margin for error.

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Scans and tests by doctors and psychologists followed but Seagrave passed with flying colours.

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Hayes added that this match "tested England maybe more so than any other game since the Euros and they have come through that with flying colours".

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