'polish off' definitions:
Definition of 'polish off'
(from WordNet)
verb
Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up]
verb
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
verb
Synonyms of 'polish off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- attain,
- blast,
- blot out,
- bump off,
- call off,
- cancel,
- compass,
- complete,
- consummate,
- croak,
- deal with,
- delete,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do in,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- drop the curtain,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- enact,
- end off,
- erase,
- execute,
- expunge,
- extinguish,
- fetch,
- finalize,
- finish,
- fix,
- fold up,
- fulfill,
- get,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through with,
- give the business,
- give the quietus,
- gun down,
- hit,
- ice,
- kayo,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- KO,
- lay out,
- make,
- manage,
- off,
- perfect,
- perform,
- produce,
- punish,
- put,
- put away,
- put paid to,
- realize,
- rub out,
- scrag,
- settle,
- shoot down,
- succeed,
- take care of,
- turn the trick,
- waste,
- wipe out,
- work,
- work out,
- zap
Words containing 'polish off'
- Polish,
- Polishable,
- Polished,
- Polisher,
- Polishing,
- Polishment,
- To polish off,
- polish up,
- French polish,
- Polish draughts,
- Polish plait,
- Polishing iron,
- Polishing slate,
- Polishing snake,
- Polishing wheel,
- apple polisher,
- apple polishing,
- nail polish,
- polish notation,
- polished rice,
- shoe polish,
- spit and polish,
- french polish shellac,
- polish monetary unit,
- reverse polish notation