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pay sth off phrasal verb
phrasal verb [M]
Definition
to pay back money that you owe
We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.
(Definition of pay sth off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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