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breeze in

Win easily, as in A fine golfer, he breezed in first . This usage at first alluded to horse racing but soon was transferred to more general use. [c. 1900]
Arrive in a casual way, as in She breezed in, two hours late . This phrase transfers the blowing of a light wind to human entrances. [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]

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Turning around to play into the breeze in the second period, the concern for the home side was whether a 12-point cushion was enough, but they added to it in the opening moments of the half, Vailanu going over from close range for his second of the evening.

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“This is because there’s still going to be a marine layer present and we’ll still have a sea breeze in the afternoon whereas if we were in a Santa Ana event there would be no sea breeze.”

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‘Wolfs’ stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt shoot the breeze in a GQ interview, with Clooney taking aim at filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and David O. Russell.

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Conditions were ideal enough, even with a stronger breeze in the afternoon, that 27 players were at 68 or lower on one of the stronger courses on the Florida swing.

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I lugged my bike out of the garage and sped down the sidewalk, whipped by the breeze in the blistering sun.

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