come through something (with flying colors)
- come through something (with flying colors)
come through something (with flying colors)
Fig. to survive something quite well. (See also
with flying colors.
Colors
here refers originally to flags.) •
Todd came through the test with flying colors.
•
Mr. Franklin came through the operation with flying colors.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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