It finally paid off at 12:55 of the second period.

Right at the end of our last day here, the wait finally paid off.

I think now that a lot of the hard work over the years is finally paying off.

It seemed that all of the hard work put in by the players and coaching team was finally paying off.

"We've been working hard the last three games and it finally paid off."

All those years of pressing food on people finally paid off.

He continued to apply each year, until his persistence finally paid off.

He has been working hard for much of his life, and the work finally paid off when they became legal citizens.

But in recent months, it looked as though their worry and work were finally paying off.

But this year, state and local education officials say, their efforts finally paid off.