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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

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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

flying tackle

[flying tackle] {n.}, {informal} A tackle made by jumping through the air at the person to be tackled. * /Most football coaches don't want their players to make flying tackles./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get off to a flying

[get off to a flying] or [running start] {v. phr.} To have a promising or successful beginning. * /Ron got off to a flying start in business school when he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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