polish off
Consume the remainder
To polish off is to finish something completely, especially food or drink: We polished off the entire pizza.
The phrase suggests consuming or completing with efficiency and perhaps enthusiasm.
It extends beyond eating to finishing tasks or defeating opponents: She polished off her homework in an hour, The team polished off their rivals.
Eat greedily and fast
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- wolf downEat very quickly
- scarfNeck-warming fabric strip
- gulpHasty, large swallow
clean plate · empty · demolish · inhale · put away · down · dispatch · clear
Complete and conclude
- knock outStrike into unconsciousness
- concludeEnd or infer
- dispatchSend with speed
- take care ofManage or look after
settle · clear · bang out · power through · mop up · dispose of · finalize · tie up
Rhythmic pulse or strike
destroy · demolish · wipe out · annihilate · take out · do away with · dispose of · vanquish
devour
Eat greedily and fast
gulp · clean plate · empty · demolish · inhale · put away · down · dispatch · clear · hoover
wrap up
Complete and conclude
take care of · settle · clear · bang out · power through · mop up · dispose of · finalize · tie up · wind up
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
trounce · destroy · demolish · wipe out · annihilate · take out · do away with · dispose of · vanquish · rout
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- accomplishaccomplish, achieve, complete, do, execute
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- finishcomplete, conclude, end, finalize, wrap up
- depletedeplete, drain, exhaust, use up, consume