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got at

verb

Definition of got at next

past tense of get at

as in paid off

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paid off

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And by the time the principal and interest are fully paid off, in 2048, public payments for the team will total slightly less than one and a half billion dollars.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Five years later, that bet has paid off.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

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