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Idiom

have it made

Meaning

To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“If you win the lottery, you have it made.”

“With a high salary and a beautiful home, he feels like he has it made.”

“Once the startup was acquired by a major corporation, the founders realized they had it made for the rest of their lives.”

Examples

simple

“If you win the lottery, you have it made.”

contextual

“With a high salary and a beautiful home, he feels like he has it made.”

complex

“Once the startup was acquired by a major corporation, the founders realized they had it made for the rest of their lives.”

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