finish off
Phrasal verbto destroy sb / sth, especially sb / sth that is badly injured or damaged; to do the last part of sth; to make sth end by doing one last thing
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finish sb / sth offinformal
to destroy sb / sth, especially sb / sth that is badly injured or damaged
The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.
- 2
finish sth off
to do the last part of sth; to make sth end by doing one last thing
I need about an hour to finish off this report.
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Finish him off.
Cinderella Man (2005)125:20
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