Cụm động từ: Pay off và Put off

Cụm động từ: Pay off và Put off 
 A. pay off 
 pay off (informal) (of a plan or an action, especially one that involves risk): 
to be successful and bring good results 
eg: The gamble paid off. 
 pay somebody off/ pay off somebody: 
- to pay somebody what they have earned and tell them to leave 
their job 
Eg: The crew were paid off as soon as the ship docked. 
- (informal) to give somebody money to prevent them from doing 
something or talking about something illegal or dishonest that you 
have done 
Eg: All the witnesses had been paid off. 
 pay something off/ pay off something: to finish paying money owed for 
something 
Eg: We paid off our mortgage after fifteen years. 
B. put off: 
 put somebody off/ put off somebody: 
- to cancel a meeting or an arrangement that you have made with 
somebody 
Eg: It's too late to put them off now. 
- to make somebody dislike somebody/something or not trust 
them/it 
Eg: She's very clever but her manner does tend to put people off. 
- (also put somebody off something): to disturb somebody who is 
trying to give all their attention to something that they are doing 
Eg: Don't put me off when I'm trying to concentrate. 
- (British English) (of a vehicle or its driver): to stop in order to 
allow somebody to leave 
Eg: I asked the bus driver to put me off at the station. 
 put somebody off something/ somebody: to make somebody lose interest 
in or enthusiasm for something/somebody 
Eg: He was put off science by bad teaching. 
 put something off/ put off something: to change something to a later time 
or date 
Eg: We've had to put off our wedding until September. 
 put off doing something: He keeps putting off going to the dentist.