Pay off

If something “pays off”, you see the result/ benefit of hard work or any effort.
Red rover: In this game, kids form two opposing lines and attempt to "break through" each others’ line

1. The many hours I spent trying to understand pieces of texts and songs in Spanish, with the help of an English-Spanish dictionary, definitely paid off when I went to live in Central America. I found that I had a good base of vocabulary to draw on.

2. “What you put in is what you get out”, “You reap what you sow”, “A penny saved is a penny earned”, “Practice makes perfect” and many such expressions, talk about the worth of putting effort in now, because it will pay off later.

3.  The share price of the company “Apple” is now sitting at about $377. 37. Apple’s share price in December of 1980 was just $2.75. If you had invested in Apple at that time, 30 years ago, then your investment would have paid off many times over by now.

4. I can see that for many of my students, watching TV series and movies in English, listening to music, surfing the internet etc… has paid off for them. They get a lot more English stimulation that way, and their English skills grow considerably. Try to incorporate English more and more into your daily routine or entertainment.

5. Brazil has slapped (put) heavy import taxes on everything coming into the country. Besides that, for example, the overwhelming majority of the cars driven in the country are made locally. These decisions have really paid off as Brazil’s position as an economical force on the world stage continues to increase.

6. If you do regular exercise and follow a healthy diet over a long period of time, it will undoubtedly pay off health-wise. You will look and feel so much better. It’s hard work but it will pay off.