polish off
[verb]
Synonyms: consume, punish, put away, put down, shift, swill, eat up, devour, dispatch

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

polish somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb informal (see also polish)
a) to finish food, work etc quickly or easily:
Sam polished off the rest of the pizza.
b) American English to kill or defeat a person or animal when they are weak or wounded:
He was polished off with a shotgun blast to the face.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

polish off
polish off (something)
to finish something quickly and easily.
He polished off two burgers and a mountain of French fries.

He was nearly finished with the report, and said he could polish it off in another hour or two.

Usage notes: most often used about eating something:
He polished off entire pizzas.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

polish off something
polish off (something)
to finish something quickly and easily.
He polished off two burgers and a mountain of French fries.

He was nearly finished with the report, and said he could polish it off in another hour or two.

Usage notes: most often used about eating something:
He polished off entire pizzas.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

polish off
to finish doing something quickly/completely
We polished off the work early and went to the beach for the day.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

polish off something
to finish doing something quickly/completely
We polished off the work early and went to the beach for the day.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

polish off
v., informal
1. To defeat easily.
The Dodgers polished off the Yankees in four straight games in the 1963 World Series.
2. To finish completely; finish doing quickly, often in order to do something else.
The boys were hungry and polished off a big steak.
Mary polished off her homework early so that she could watch TV.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲