Better
Better verb - To be greater, better, or stronger than.
Paid off
Both terms in one sentence
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By the end, Voss' efforts have paid off, and the music department is in much better shape.
Source: Film / Here Comes The Boom - Several Spaceman Spiff strips have Spiff complaining that he just paid off / washed and waxed his spaceship as it goes down in flames, or regretting not taking a better insurance policy.
Source: Action Insurance Gag -
Better yet, your efforts paid off, because the good endings you managed to bring in previous timelines actually stay true in a Merged Reality, regardless of whether or not you made them happen in the cycle during which you defeated the Final Boss or not.
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