pay off
— phrasal verb with pay /peɪ/ verb (paid, paid)Definition
B2 If something you have done pays off, it is successful: All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
(Definition of pay off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accomplish verb
- achieve verb
- acquit verb
- attain verb
- be a hard/tough act to follow idiom
- do the job idiom
- do/work wonders idiom
- excel verb
- execute verb (DO)
- follow (sth) through phrasal verb
- make the grade idiom
- measure up phrasal verb
- necessity is the mother of invention idiom
- never look back idiom
- not put a foot wrong idiom
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- wish-fulfillment noun
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- work/go like a dream idiom
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs idiom
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