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Well off

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well-off

[wel-awf, -of]
–adjective
1. having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
2. in a satisfactory, favorable, or good position or condition: If you have your health, you are well-off.

Origin:
1725–35


1. prosperous, wealthy, affluent, comfortable.
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Word Origin & History

well-off 
1733, "comfortable," from well (adv.) + off. Meaning "prosperous, not poor" is recorded from 1849.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

well off

In fortunate circumstances, especially wealthy or prosperous, as in They're quite well off now. This phrase may be a shortening of come well off, that is, "emerge in good circumstances." [First half of 1600s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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