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Polish off   /pˈɑlɪʃ ɔf/   Listen
Polish off

verb
1.
Finish a task completely.  Synonyms: clear up, finish off, finish up, get through, mop up, wrap up.
2.
Kill intentionally and with premeditation.  Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, remove, slay.
3.
Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table.  Synonyms: eat up, finish.






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"Polish off" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'em straight, though. Architectin' was what Cliffy was aimin' at. He'd been studying that sort of thing out in Michigan, and now he was makin' a tour to see how it was done in other places, meanin' to polish off with a few months abroad. Then, after he'd got himself well soaked in ideas, maybe he'd go back to Bubble Creek, rent an office over the bank, and begin drawin' front elevations of iron ...
— Torchy • Sewell Ford

... pretty good order too. I suppose he hadn't used it much, as he was so little at home. It's open, though." She began to dust the top, where a row of school-books were arranged, and presently came to the writing-tablet, which she was about to polish off conscientiously. Suddenly she paused, stared, rubbed at something with her duster, and bending close, stared again. In a moment she raised her head and called in a ...
— The Boarded-Up House • Augusta Huiell Seaman

... Would I polish off Japan? Would I greet this famous man, Prince or Prelate, Sheik or Shah?— Figaro gi and ...
— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... be dismissed without loss; for all such more or less obscure the meaning upon which they gather. The first step towards the polishing of most styles is to strike out—polish off—the useless words and phrases. It is wonderful with how many fewer words most things could be said that are said; while the degree of certainty and rapidity with which an idea is conveyed would generally be found to be in an ...
— A Dish Of Orts • George MacDonald



Words linked to "Polish off" :   mop up, execute, eat, kill, complete, off, tuck away, tuck in, cap off, put away, burke, finish off



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