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1finish off — index cap, extinguish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2finish off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you finish off something that you have been eating or drinking, you eat or drink the last part of it with the result that there is none left. [V P n (not pron)] Kelly finished off his coffee... [V n P] He took the bottle from… …
3finish off — finish (someone/something) off to destroy or completely defeat someone or something. Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley. He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off …
4finish off — verb a) To finish completely I was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes. b) To kill. It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound …
5finish off — I. eat the remaining amount, eat the last piece The kids finished off the cake when they got home. II. kill, strike the final blow The spider finished off the fly and began to eat it …
6finish off — complete; use up, consume; kill, defeat …
7finish — fin|ish1 W2S1 [ˈfınıʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop doing something)¦ 2¦(end)¦ 3¦(eat/drink)¦ 4¦(end something by doing something)¦ 5¦(race)¦ 6¦(take away somebody s strength)¦ 7¦(use all of something)¦ 8 put/add the finishing touches (to something)… …
8finish — 1 / fInIS/ verb 1 STOP DOING STH (I, T) to come to the end of doing or making something, so that it is complete : finish sth: You can t go anywhere until you finish your homework. | finish doing sth: I finished typing the report just minutes… …
9finish — fin|ish1 [ fınıʃ ] verb *** 1. ) finish or finish off intransitive or transitive to do the last part of something so that it is complete: I ve nearly finished my work. I wish you d let me finish my sentence! finish doing something: She had just… …
10finish — finisher, n. /fin ish/, v.t. 1. to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast. 2. to come to the end of (a course, period of time, etc.): to finish school. 3. to use completely (often fol. by up …
