/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Sail before the Wind (To)
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To prosper, to go on swimmingly, to meet with great success, to go as smoothly and rapidly as a ship before the wind.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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