polish off

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Verb

polish off (third-person singular simple present polishes off, present participle polishing off, simple past and past participle polished off)

1. (idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.

   They polished off the last of the cake.

2. To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).

   White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.

Synonyms

• finish off

Translations

To finish completely, especially a food

• Bulgarian: излапвам (bg) (izlapvam)
• Spanish: dar buena cuenta de