finish someone/something off
(DESTROY)Definition
› to destroy or completely defeat someone or something: Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley. He says he refuses to let the disease finish him off.
(Definition of finish someone/something off (DESTROY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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fingertip n
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finish n
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finish off something phrasal verb COMPLETE
- finish someone/something off phrasal verb DESTROY
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finish up something phrasal verb
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finish v
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finished adj
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finite adj
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