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   plain sailing

   noun

   • 1. smooth and easy progress in a process or activity: "team-building was not all plain sailing"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from plain1 + sailing. Compare with later plane sailing, denoting the practice of determining a ship's position on the theory that it is moving on a plane.

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