Definitions | pay off |
| verb (infl, en, verb, head=pay off)
- (context, informal, transitive) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
- I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.
- (intransitive) To become worthwhile after a lapse.
- Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
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