verb
1. finish a task completely (Freq. 1)
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I finally got through this homework assignment
• Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑finish off, ↑mop up, ↑clear up, ↑finish up
• Hyponyms: ↑cap off
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. kill intentionally and with premeditation
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The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dispatch (for: ↑dispatch), ↑hit (for: ↑hit), ↑slayer (for: ↑slay), ↑slaying (for: ↑slay), ↑murder (for: ↑murder), ↑murderer (for: ↑murder)
• Hypernyms: ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
3. finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
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She polished off the remaining potatoes
• Hypernyms: ↑eat
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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They polish off more bread
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polish off [phrasal verb]
We polished off the whole pie.
He had polished off the book before bed.
2 polish (someone or something) off or polish off (someone or something) : to defeat (someone or something) in a contest, game, etc.
They polished off the visiting team, 6‒0.
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Main Entry: ↑polish
Useful english dictionary. 2012.