GETS AT Synonyms: 10 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

gets at

verb

present tense third-person singular of get at

as in pays off

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pays off

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Meta and Microsoft prove why patience pays off Not every tech stock got slammed last week.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
The obvious effort that Pascal spent practicing the cello pays off in the scenes where Alex intensely plays the instrument for his own private reasons, as if asking the same thing of himself.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

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