polish off

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. finish a task completely (Freq. 1)
- I finally got through this homework assignment
• Syn:
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, clear up, finish up
• Derivationally related forms:
mop up (for: mop up)
• Hypernyms:
complete, finish
• Hyponyms:
cap off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. kill intentionally and with premeditation
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• Syn:
murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off,
off, remove
• Derivationally related forms:
dispatch (for: dispatch), hit (for: hit), slayer (for: slay), slaying (for: slay), murder (for: murder), murderer (for: murder)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Hyponyms:
burke, execute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
- She polished off the remaining potatoes
• Syn:
eat up, finish
• Hypernyms:
eat
• Hyponyms:
tuck in, tuck away, put away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s (for: eat up)
- They polish off more bread