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have it made in the shade

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Definition of have it made in the shade

US, informal
: to have a very easy life or to be in a very good situation
  • She had to work hard for many years to achieve success, but now she has it made in the shade.

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made play

  1. : fictitious, invented

  2. : artificially produced

  3. : put together of various ingredients

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shade play

  1. : comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light

  2. : relative obscurity or retirement

  3. : shelter (as by foliage) from the heat and glare of sunlight

  1. : to shelter or screen by intercepting radiated light or heat

  2. : to cover with a shade

  3. : to hide partly by or as if by a shadow

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