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Synonyms for polish off
pol·ish off
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Wiktionary
polish offverb
Synonyms:
finish offpolish offverb
To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
They polished off the last of the cake.
Synonyms:
finish offpolish offverb
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.
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finish off
Princeton's WordNet
get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish upverb
finish a task completely
"I finally got through this homework assignment"
Synonyms:
illuminate, eat up, whip, dispatch, wrap up, come through, hit, rack up, crystalize, brighten, finish up, roll up, reach, wipe up, light up, get hold of, finish off, crystallise, penetrate, wrap, mop up, fall into place, clarify, off, finish, get through, come home, land up, while away, end up, worst, slay, dawn, shed light on, click, clear up, wind up, elucidate, murder, fetch up, sink in, crystallize, contact, enlighten, cover, straighten out, crystalise, clear, get across, sort out, pip, mop, bump off, removemurder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, removeverb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
Synonyms:
shoot, dispatch, despatch, complete, wrap up, hit, arrive at, transfer, attain, send off, finish up, reach, eat up, take out, move out, get rid of, strike, score, finish, make, collide with, gain, mangle, withdraw, tally, off, finish off, absent, run into, stumble, slay, impinge on, clear up, murder, rack up, mutilate, mop up, discharge, come to, take away, take, pip, get through, bump off, removeeat up, finish, polish offverb
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
"She polished off the remaining potatoes"
Synonyms:
exhaust, swallow, eat up, dispatch, complete, wrap up, hit, eat, off, finish up, end, bump off, finish, use up, terminate, stop, mop up, swallow up, finish off, fetch up, bury, land up, end up, slay, run through, wipe out, wind up, murder, cease, clear up, immerse, consume, get through, deplete, remove
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#69 | contact | |
#94 | click | |
#132 | make | |
#225 | off | |
#246 | take | |
#317 | end | |
#522 | complete | |
#846 | cover | |
#907 | clear | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1158 | score | |
#1337 | transfer | |
#1551 | hit | |
#1651 | remove | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2491 | gain | |
#2674 | finish | |
#2728 | eat | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4165 | worst | |
#4553 | murder | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5334 | dawn | |
#5452 | wrap | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6793 | absent | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8911 | dispatch | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#10524 | withdraw | |
#11444 | cease | |
#11883 | swallow | |
#12767 | whip | |
#13640 | consume | |
#13987 | bury | |
#14782 | attain | |
#18477 | mop | |
#18615 | tally | |
#20275 | pip | |
#20422 | penetrate | |
#23314 | despatch | |
#24734 | stumble | |
#28198 | brighten | |
#28268 | illuminate | |
#32348 | slay | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#40642 | immerse | |
#43164 | elucidate | |
#60914 | deplete | |
#71334 | mangle | |
#93817 | crystallize | |
#102812 | mutilate | |
#224484 | crystallise |
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