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finish off

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Verb1.finish off - finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
finish up, get through, polish off, wrap up, clear up, mop up
complete, finish - come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
cap off - finish or complete, as with some decisive action; "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal"
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(= come to end) → aufhören, Schluss machen
to finish off with a glass of brandy → zum (Ab)schluss ein Glas Weinbrand trinken; we finished off by singing … → wir schlossen mit dem Lied …, wir sangen zum (Ab)schluss …
vt sep
piece of work → fertig machen; job → erledigen; to finish off a painting → ein Bild zu Ende malen; to finish off a letter → einen Brief zu Ende schreiben
food, meal → aufessen; drink → austrinken
(= kill) wounded animal, person → den Gnadenstoß geben (+dat); (by shooting) → den Gnadenschuss geben (+dat)
(= do for) person → den Rest geben (+dat), → erledigen (inf); the last mile just about finished me off (inf) → die letzte Meile hat mich ziemlich geschafft (inf) → or fertiggemacht (inf)


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Soon the sound of Old Pretty's milk fizzing into the pail came through the hedge, and then Angel felt inclined to go round the corner also, to finish off a hard-yielding milcher who had strayed there, he being now as capable of this as the dairyman himself.
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I ought to direct all my efforts to European culture now, and keep Boston to finish off.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
Just stay waiting here, I alone will soon finish off the giants.
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