easy street

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Noun [edit]

easy street (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A carefree situation or lifestyle, especially as resulting from possession of wealth.
    • 1919, Upton Sinclair, Jimmie Higgins, ch. 8,
      There was big money in it—the fellows who did that job might live on Easy Street the rest of their lives.

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