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.

Examples of sail through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Passengers can expect to sail through the famous Tracy Arm Fjord and Endicott Arm Fjord; get up close to the region’s most iconic glaciers, including the Sawyer, Dawes, and Hubbard glaciers; and pass through dramatic frozen landscapes en route to ports like Haines and Sitka. —Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026

Those alternate itineraries also tend to be more expensive than those that sail through the Drake. —Nathan Diller, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026

The endless vowels of their surnames—Ruuttu, Saarinen, Ruotsalainen—sail through his mind like a song. —Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026

And although the final funding package had been expected to sail through the Senate this week, the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis over the weekend prompted Democrats to seek changes to how immigration agencies operate. —Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for sail through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou