- pay off someone
- pay off (someone)
to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want.
The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug-selling operation.
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pay off someone
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pay off — (someone) to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want. The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug selling operation … New idioms dictionary
pay off — verb 1. yield a profit or result (Freq. 4) His efforts finally paid off • Hypernyms: ↑yield, ↑pay, ↑bear • Verb Frames: Something s 2. eliminate by paying off ( … Useful english dictionary
pay off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off a debt, you give someone all the money that you owe them. [V P n (not pron)] It would take him the rest of his life to pay off that loan. [Also V n P] 2) PHRASAL VERB If you pay off someone, you give them the amount … English dictionary
pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has … Dictionary of American idioms
pay off — {v. phr.} 1. To pay the wages of. * /The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday./ 2. To pay and discharge from a job. * /When the building was completed he paid off the laborers./ 3. To hurt (someone) who has … Dictionary of American idioms
pay off — phrasal verb Word forms pay off : present tense I/you/we/they pay off he/she/it pays off present participle paying off past tense paid off past participle paid off 1) [intransitive] if something that you do pays off, it brings you some benefit… … English dictionary
pay off — 1) he was busted for trying to pay off a cop Syn: bribe, suborn, buy (off); informal grease someone s palm 2) she paid off the car loan in less than a year Syn: pay (in full), settle, discharge, clear, liquidate 3) his hard work paid … Thesaurus of popular words
pay·off — /ˈpeıˌɑːf/ noun, pl offs 1 : a good result : the advantage or benefit that is gained from doing something [count] You ll have to work hard but there ll be a big/large payoff in the end. We expected more of a payoff for all our hard work. What s… … Useful english dictionary
pay\ off — v. phr. 1. To pay the wages of. The men were paid off just before quitting time, the last day before the holiday. 2. To pay and discharge from a job. When the building was completed he paid off the laborers. 3. To hurt (someone) who has done… … Словарь американских идиом
pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the … English dictionary for students
