finish someone or something up

finish someone or something up
finish someone or something up
Fig. to finish doing something to someone or something. •

I will finish this typing up in a few minutes.

She finished up Fred in a short time.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • finish something off — finish (someone/something) off to destroy or completely defeat someone or something. Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley. He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off …   New idioms dictionary

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  • finish — 1 / fInIS/ verb 1 STOP DOING STH (I, T) to come to the end of doing or making something, so that it is complete : finish sth: You can t go anywhere until you finish your homework. | finish doing sth: I finished typing the report just minutes… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • finish with — phrasal 1. : to have done with : cease to have relations with she decided to finish with him for good 2. : to complete work upon as soon as he had finished with the statue he went on to a more ambitious project * * * finish with [phrasal verb] 1… …   Useful english dictionary

  • finish — [[t]fɪ̱nɪʃ[/t]] ♦♦ finishes, finishing, finished 1) VERB When you finish doing or dealing with something, you do or deal with the last part of it, so that there is no more for you to do or deal with. [V n/ ing] As soon as he d finished eating, he …   English dictionary

  • finish — verb 1》 bring or come to an end.     ↘consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink).     ↘reach the end of a race or other sporting competition.     ↘(finish up) chiefly Brit. end by doing something or being in a particular …   English new terms dictionary

  • finish — 1. verb 1) Pam finished her work Syn: complete, end, conclude, terminate, wind up, round off; informal wrap up, sew up, polish off 2) Hitch finished his dinner Syn: consume, eat …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • finish with — PHRASAL VERB If you finish with someone or something, you stop dealing with them, being involved with them, or being interested in them. [V P n] My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me... [V P n] Have you finished with me? Luke asked, when …   English dictionary

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