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well-heeled
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well-heeled and well-fixed; well-off
Fig. wealthy; with sufficient money. My uncle can afford a new car. He's well-heeled. Everyone in his family is well-off.

well-heeled
rich You need to be well-heeled to be able to afford to shop there.


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For 18 years the Tories helped the well-off while the rest of the country paid the price.
All it has achieved is handing over pounds 1,000 to well-off parents whose youngsters were already in private nurseries.
So ordinary people will be subsidising the tax cuts of the well-off.
 
 
 
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