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
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The ship was scheduled to sail through the Red Sea, from Aqaba, Jordan, passing by Yemen on its way to Muscat, Oman.
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Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
For me, the come-what-may nature of our sail through this remote archipelago was just part of the fun.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
The Russian leader made the comments to Rossiya 1 and RIA Novosti ahead of presidential elections on March 15, in which he is widely expected to sail through to a fifth term in office, and as his full-scale war in Ukraine grinds into a third year.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Designer and caretaker Daisy Mah, who retired last October, assembled a repertoire of plants that revel in Sacramento’s intense summer heat and that sail through valley winters relatively unscathed.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
While Trump continues to sail through the GOP primaries, seeming to avoid accountability at every turn, Carroll and Kaplan are among the first to bring him to justice.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
That means huge container ships and oil tankers routinely sail through the region.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
No country has claimed the entire region as sovereign territory, however, leaving international maritime traffic—including warships from around the world—to peacefully sail through.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
Still others have taken what might be the most dangerous journey of them all, setting sail through the Caribbean after taking off from an island famous in its own right.
—Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
For me, the come-what-may nature of our sail through this remote archipelago was just part of the fun.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
The Russian leader made the comments to Rossiya 1 and RIA Novosti ahead of presidential elections on March 15, in which he is widely expected to sail through to a fifth term in office, and as his full-scale war in Ukraine grinds into a third year.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Designer and caretaker Daisy Mah, who retired last October, assembled a repertoire of plants that revel in Sacramento’s intense summer heat and that sail through valley winters relatively unscathed.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
While Trump continues to sail through the GOP primaries, seeming to avoid accountability at every turn, Carroll and Kaplan are among the first to bring him to justice.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
That means huge container ships and oil tankers routinely sail through the region.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
No country has claimed the entire region as sovereign territory, however, leaving international maritime traffic—including warships from around the world—to peacefully sail through.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
Still others have taken what might be the most dangerous journey of them all, setting sail through the Caribbean after taking off from an island famous in its own right.
—Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
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“Sail through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sail%20through. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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