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to breeze through

to breeze through

6 3.6
To succeed at something quickly and easily
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
: pasar sin problemas
  • After studying hard, he was able to breeze through the final test and finish early.
  • breeze through school
  • breeze through security
  • breeze through confirmation

So I'm going to try to breeze through everything quickly, but we'll see.

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Examples

  • She was well-prepared, so she could breeze through the presentation without any trouble.

  • OK, so I'm just going to go ahead and breeze through this part.

  • You will be breezing through that test, I promise.

    Christmas Miracle (2012)

  • If you think you'll be able to breeze through it, guess again.

    Blog text (32)

  • There are some people who breeze through social gatherings.

    Blog text (32)

  • Nina breezed through the proposal with a practiced eye and shifted her attention to the map.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Because of my trusty set shot, I was able to breeze through the foul-shot drills.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Where others pored over textbooks and sweated out exams, Dex breezed through with a near-photographic memory and a clever ability to tell his teachers exactly what they wanted to hear.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • With a little preparation, you will breeze through the exam with confidence.

Synonyms

to ace
vsto breeze through
49 3.9

To do very well at something, especially a test

means quick easy success without necessarily top level results
to breeze
vsto breeze through
  • Informal
18 3.4

To do something quickly and easily

focuses on succeeding in dealing with things rather than physical movement
to pass with flying colors
vsto breeze through
13 3.2

To do very well in a test or task, often easily

is general quick success and does not require exceptional results
to sail through
vsto breeze through
  • Informal
11 3.7

To succeed very easily at a task or exam

applies to any quick easy success not mainly exams or tests
to make quick work of
vsto breeze through
  • Informal
4 3.9

Finish a task quickly and well

emphasizes doing something easily as well as fast
to sweep through
vsto breeze through
1 4.1

To finish something quickly and with little effort

focuses on succeeding rather than only finishing tasks
to crack through
vsto breeze through
  • US
1 6.4

To work quickly to finish many tasks in a short time

describes succeeding easily rather than working fast under pressure
to make light work of
vsto breeze through
  • Informal
1 4.1

To finish a task quickly and with little effort

does the same but without stressing how small the effort was
to handle with ease
vsto breeze through
1 3.3

Deal with a task or problem easily and with confidence

focuses on quick easy success rather than calm confident handling

Antonyms

to struggle
∞ 2.8

To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult

How Easy

to sail through
  • Informal
11 3.7
to breeze through
  • Informal
6 3.6
to get through
659 2.8
to manage
199 2.3

Surface Forms

breeze through infinitive
breezed through past
breezed through past participle
breezing through present participle
breezes through third person singular

Morphology

breeze + through

The verb 'breeze' conveys doing something easily/quickly and 'through' indicates completion or across an activity, so the combined meaning 'to succeed in dealing with something quickly and easily' is directly compositional. This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (easy + complete) and a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The phrasal verb breeze through comes from the image of a light wind: breeze moving easily through a room or open space with nothing in its way. So, it means 'to do something quickly and without trouble'.