finish off

verb

Definitions

  1. To finish completely.

    • Near-synonym: polish off (sometimes synonymous)
    • I was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes.
    • I finished off all the outstanding orders before I clocked out.
  2. To kill, to cause to die.

    • It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound.
    • In some ways having Jon be the one to kill Dany was actually the least interesting option, but the symbolic weight of the truest believer finishing her off made sense.
    • By Noem’s own detailed admission, it took two blasts from a shotgun, separated by a walk back to her truck for more shells, to finish the goat off.
  3. To bring to orgasm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA