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with flying colors

with fly·ing col·or
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [with, with flahy-ing kuhl-er]
    • /wɪθ, wɪð ˈflaɪ ɪŋ ˈkʌl ər/
    • /wɪð ˈflaɪɪŋ ˈkʌl.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [with, with flahy-ing kuhl-er]
    • /wɪθ, wɪð ˈflaɪ ɪŋ ˈkʌl ər/

Definitions of with flying colors words

  • idioms with flying colors with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors. 1
  • adverb with flying colors brilliantly 1
  • noun with flying colors with notable victory or success 0
See all 3 definitions of with flying colors

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Origin of with flying colors

First appearance:

before 1600
One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for With flying colors

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of With flying colors

with flying colors popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

with flying colors usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for with flying colors

adv with flying colors

  • cosily — In a cosy manner.
  • effortlessly — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
  • like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
  • like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
All 4 Synonyms of with flying colors

Antonyms for with flying colors

adverb with flying colors

  • lousy — infested with lice.
Just one Antonym for with flying colors

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