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no sweat

no sweat (2) {adv.}

Easily.

We did it no sweat.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[no sweat] (1) {adj.}, {slang}, {informal} Easily accomplished, uncomplicated. * /That job was no sweat./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[sweat] See: [BY THE SWEAT OF ONE'S BROW]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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