come off

come off or through with flying colors {v. phr.}

To succeed; triumph.

John came off with flying colors in his final exams at college.

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with flying colors

[with flying colors] {adv. phr.} With great or total success; victoriously. * /Tow finished the race with flying colors./ * /Mary came through the examination with flying colors./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[color] See: [CHANGE COLOR], [GIVE COLOR TO] or [LEND COLOR TO], [HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS], [HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR], [NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST], [OFF-COLOR] or [OFF-COLORED], [SAIL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[until all hours] {adv. phr.} Until very late at night. * /He is so anxious to pass his exams with flying colors that he stays up studying until all hours./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[pass with flying colors] See: [WITH FLYING COLORS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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