finish off
[verb]
Synonyms: climax, cap, crown, culminate, round off, top off

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

finish off phrasal verb (see also finish)

1. finish something ↔ off to complete the last part of something that you are doing:
It’ll take me a couple of hours to finish this job off.

2. finish something ↔ off to use or eat all of something, so there is none left:
Who finished off the cake?

3. to complete an event, performance, piece of work etc by doing one final thing
finish off with
We’ll finish off with a track from Adam’s new album.
finish something ↔ off
She finished off her speech by thanking her sponsors.
finish off/finish something ↔ off by doing something
Finish off by cleaning the monitor and the keyboard.

4. finish somebody/something ↔ off to kill a person or animal when they are already weak or wounded

5. finish somebody ↔ off to take away all of someone’s strength, energy etc:
The walk up the hill really finished me off.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

finish off
finish (someone/something) off
to destroy or completely defeat someone or something.
Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley.

He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

finish something off
finish (someone/something) off
to destroy or completely defeat someone or something.
Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley.

He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲