Clear sailing
noun phrase
Easy and unimpeded progress; easy going: After a rough couple of months it was clear sailing (1850s+)
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- Clear the table
see: clear out , def. 1.
- Clear with
Obtain approval or permission. For example, Before you proceed, you’ll have to clear it with the main office. [ Mid-1900s ]
- Clechy
adj. also cleche, “pierced through with a figure of the same kind,” from French cléché (17c.), from Latin *clavicatus “key-holed,” or clavicella “little key,” from clavis “key” (see slot (n.2)).
- Cleidal
cleidal clei·dal or cli·dal (klīd’l) adj. Relating to the clavicle.
- Cleido-
cleido- or cleid- or clido- or clid- pref. Clavicle; clavicular: cleidocranial.