Pay off
Pay off verb - To give what is owed for.
Works
Works noun - Performance of moral or religious acts.
Both terms in one sentence
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Beck in The Rundown is a skilled chef who only works for mobster Billy Walker in order to pay off his debts so he can open his own restaurant.
Source: Real Men Cook - David Willis, author of the Walkyverse, has cultivated a paranoid fanbase for his works, due to his use of extremely subtle foreshadowing that might not pay off until years later.
Source: Signature Style - Lazy Bum: Gregor's parents, who putter around the house all day, every day, while he works himself to the bone all day, every day, to pay off their debts and provide for them.
Source: Literature / The Metamorphosis
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