in the can
informalDefinition
› If a film is in the can, filming has finished and it is ready to be prepared for showing to the public.Cinema - general wordsFinished and over
(Definition of in the can from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Finished & over, but you might be interested in these topics from the Time topic area:
- About to happen
- Always & never
- At the right time
- Coming to an end
- Continually & repeatedly
- Continue & last
- Continuous & permanent
- Days & times of day
- Days, & parts of the week
- Decades, centuries & the millennium
- Describing age & birthdays
- Describing people who are old
- Describing people who are young
- Describing when something happened or will happen
- Early
- Frequency & regularity - general words
- Immediately
- In the future & soon
- In the past
- Lasting for a long time
- Late
- Long periods of time
- Modern & fashionable
- Names of months
- New
- Now
- Old or old-fashioned
- Pauses & interludes
- Periods of time - general words
- Physically and mentally mature & immature
- Points in time
- Rarely & infrequently
- Relating to regular periods of time
- Relating to time
- Schedules & agendas
- Short in time
- Specific periods of time
- Spending time & time passing
- Stages & phases
- Stages of life
- Temporary
- The seasons
- Turning points & deciding moments
- Until a particular moment
- Watches & clocks
- Years & yearly
Browse the Dictionary
-
in the balance idiom
-
in the blink of an eye idiom
-
in the bosom of sth idiom
-
in the brain/looks department idiom
-
in the buff idiom
- in the can idiom
-
in the club idiom
-
in the cold light of day idiom
-
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king idiom
-
in the dead of night/winter idiom
-
in the depth(s) of somewhere idiom
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- be (all) over bar the shouting idiom
- be done and dusted idiom
- closed adjective (ENDED)
- done adjective (DEALT WITH)
- finished adjective
- finito adjective
- lapsed adjective
- mission noun (JOB)
- one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go. idiom
- out adverb, preposition (FINISHED)
- over adverb (FINISHED)
- see the last of sth/sb idiom
- through adjective (FINISHED)
- to the last idiom
- up adverb (FINISHED)
Topic:
Finished & over
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Our dictionaries
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
