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pay off

To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
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I thought the guards would give us trouble, but apparently he had paid them off.

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Submitted on August 09, 2009

Additional definitions for 'pay off':

pay offTo become worthwhile after a lapse.
pay offyield good results; succeed.
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