finish

/ˈfɪn·ɪʃ/ verb

Definition

A1 to stop doing something because nothing more needs to be done: Did you finish your homework? We finished planting the garden.

A1 to end: The meeting will finish at five o’clock.

B1 (also finish off/up) to eat, drink, or use something completely: They finished their coffee and left the restaurant.

(Definition of finish verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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