polishing off
Eating the rest
Polishing off means finishing something completely, usually food or drink consumed quickly: We polished off the whole pizza.
The phrase extends to completing tasks or defeating opponents decisively: She polished off her homework in an hour, The champion polished off his challenger in three rounds.
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- demolishingDestroying a structure completely
- endFinal portion or cessation
- terminateBring to an end
- scarfingEating very quickly
knocking back · finishing · conclude · settling · wrapping up · tying up loose ends · devouring · consuming · clearing out · using up · depleting · accomplishing · exhausting · getting through · finalizing · mopping up · wolfing down · executing
polishing offstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · commencing · initiating · kicking off · launching
polishing offleaving
Act of going away
saving · preserving · setting aside · putting away · storing