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pay off phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
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.
(Definition of pay off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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