His efforts finally paid off
Something ——s
Somebody ——s something
Somebody ——s something
Does she pay you for the work you are doing?
Somebody ——s somebody PP
We'll get them!
That'll fix him good!
This time I got him
Somebody ——s somebody
Somebody ——s somebody PP
Somebody ——s somebody
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all the hard work I had done over the summer paid off
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It's great to see that all of our hard work has finally paid off.
It will take us 30 years to pay off our mortgage, but then the house will be ours.
If I won the money, I'd use it to pay off all my credit cards.
paying off your debts
She finally got her car paid off. [=she finally paid all the money she had borrowed to buy her car]
He tried to pay off [=bribe] a police officer.
The company was accused of paying off its employees to keep them from talking about its illegal activities.
They paid off all their workers and then closed the factory.
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The gamble paid off.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.