Wiktionary
vb. To pass or progress quickly and easily.
WordNet
v. succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" [syn: breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, nail]
Usage examples of "sail through".
Thus, a large ship had to be able to move entirely by sail through nontech waters, switch to basic steam fed by manual labor or ingenious cog-drive mechanisms for the semitech, but could use an efficient fusion plant for the high-tech regions.
That is why Hemdon was able to sail through the Narrows with as much of the Son of Heaven's treasures as the most accomplished laborer in Peking's mission vineyards.
At dusk he would come out of hiding and sail through the night, and in this cautious way approached the Choptank.
Saona and Punta Espada were almost in line as the Calypso sailed along to the north - east, close - hauled on the starboard tack, as though straggling to stay up to windward and sail through the Mona Passage and into the Atlantic beyond.
One could sail through an anchored fleet and point to the ships with bad masters.
If John'' Dermott, who was an experienced navigator, could not sail through this archipelago in safety, could Jack Donelly ?
If there comes a time when we must sail through the eye of a needle, I want her ready.
There's an opening there sometimes, it comes and goes, sometimes it is in fog, and sometimes a spot of bright sunlight, but those who sail through never come back.
Those stars and moon started to swing round inside and the clouds blew about, or seemed to, and whoever gazed into it would find himself within the globe and could sail through space along with those stars to wherever it was he wanted to go.
The barbarian ships would not sail through the Boiling Sea--no mortal ship could do that, it was said--but would sail around it.