finish off
phr. v..phr. v.. to complete the last part of a task or to eat the rest of something.
phr. v.. to complete a task or consume a remaining portion entirely; often implies a sense of finality or the exhaustion of a resource.
I need to finish off my homework before dinner.
We were almost full, but we decided to finish off the cake so it wouldn't go to waste.
The architect spent the weekend finishing off the final blueprints to ensure the project could commence on Monday morning.
- Particles
- off
- Separability
- optional
- Pattern
- finish (+ object) + off (+ object)
commonly used with food, drinks, or small remaining tasks.
contrast with 'finish' (general completion); 'finish off' emphasizes reaching the very end of a specific amount or a final stage.
I finished the coffee off it.I finished the coffee off.when the object is a noun, it can go before or after the particle, but you do not repeat the object as a pronoun.