polish off
verb
polished off; polishing off; polishes off
transitive verb
: to finish off or dispose of rapidly or completely
Word History
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined above
polishes off
verb
as in finishes
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- finishes
- nibbles (on)
- mouths (down)
- licks
- pecks (at)
- chews
- ruminates
- wolfs
- laps
- scoffs
- dispatches
- scarfs
- munches
- knocks back
- gobbles (up or down)
- gnaws (at or on)
- ingurgitates
- gorges
- sups
- puts away
- eats
- consumes
- sips
- drinks
- gets down
- gulps
- bolts
- devours
- downs
- imbibes
- guzzles
- ingests
- swallows