"have an easy time of it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has an easy time of it [present, singular, third-person], having an easy time of it [participle, present], had an easy time of it [participle, past], had an easy time of it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> an easy time of it}} have an easy time of it (third-person singular simple present has an easy time of it, present participle having an easy time of it, simple past and past participle had an easy time of it)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To have few problems. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-have_an_easy_time_of_it-en-verb-ykT~O-9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

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