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)

(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
They polished off the last of the cake.
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)

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