finishing off
Bringing to conclusion
Finishing off means completing the final portion of something, often with a sense of bringing it to a decisive end.
You finish off a meal by eating what remains, or finish off a project by handling the last details.
The phrase can also mean killing someone or something already wounded or weakened: The hunter finished off the injured deer.
In competition, to finish off an opponent is to deliver the decisive blow: She finished him off in the third set.
- completingReaching the end of
- wrapping upCompleting a task
- concludingBringing to an end
- putting to bedSettling for sleep
- culminatingReaching the highest point
tying up loose ends · ending · seeing through · perfecting · coup de grace · killing off · dispatching · accomplishing · polishing · death blow · putting down · putting away · endgame · running out the clock · closure · mopping up · solving · sealing
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
finishing offstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · starting up · kicking off · initiating · commencing
finishing offcontinuing
Going on without stopping
carrying on · prolonging · extending · perpetuating · sustaining
finish, finishing, finished, finisher, finishers, finishes, finery, finesse, finale