Pay off

If something that you have done to try to achieve something pays off, it is successful.

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24

William Devane (James Heller) used the phrasal verb “pay off” while talking to Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) in the season 4, episode 1 of the popular TV show “24” as shown below: 

Tags: 24, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland