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paid down

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past tense of pay down

as in paid off

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The bet paid off, close to hundreds of millions of views later, all without ever having taken a single drama class.

— Baptiste Mandrillon, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
My instinct — and the instinct among many borrowers, says Glutz — is to use the period immediately after my card is paid off to charge major expenses.

— Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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