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    Flying colors is an idiom used to describe outstanding success in accomplishing a task or overcoming a challenge. It originated from ships returning to port with raised flags, or "colors", to signal a successful voyage, as opposed to lowered flags indicating defeat. When someone completes something with flying colors, it means they achieved excellent results or scores on a test or exam.

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    Flying colors is an idiom used to describe outstanding success in accomplishing a task or overcoming a challenge. It originated from ships returning to port with raised flags, or "colors", to signal a successful voyage, as opposed to lowered flags indicating defeat. When someone completes something with flying colors, it means they achieved excellent results or scores on a test or exam.

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    Flying colors is an idiom used to describe outstanding success in accomplishing a task or overcoming a challenge. It originated from ships returning to port with raised flags, or "colors", to signal a successful voyage, as opposed to lowered flags indicating defeat. When someone completes something with flying colors, it means they achieved excellent results or scores on a test or exam.

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    Flying colors is an idiomatic expression used to describe a significant success or

    accomplishment in a particular task or challenge. For example, when someone has


    passed a test or exam with flying colors, it means that they have achieved
    outstanding results or scores. The phrase originated in the Age of Discovery when
    ships returned to port with their "colours" (flags) either raised or lowered to signify
    that the ship had either been successful or defeated, with raised flags indicating
    success and lowered flags indicating defeat. Therefore, "with flying colors" literally
    means that someone has completed a task successfully, although idiomatically
    connotes a particular level of success in that task.

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