finish off

finish off
transitive verb
1) see academic.ru/27379/finish">finish 1. 3), 4)
2) (provide with ending) abschließen; beenden
3) (finish or trim neatly) sauber verarbeiten
* * *
1) (to complete: She finished off the job yesterday.) beendigen
2) (to use, eat etc the last of: We've finished off the cake.) aufbrauchen, -essen
3) (to kill (a person): His last illness nearly finished him off.) den Rest geben
* * *
finish off
I. vt
1. (get done)
to \finish off sth ⇆ off etw fertigstellen
I want to \finish off off this essay soon ich möchte diesen Aufsatz bald fertig schreiben
2. (make nice)
to \finish off sth ⇆ off etw dat den letzten Schliff geben
3. FOOD
to \finish off sth ⇆ off (eat) etw aufessen; (drink) etw austrinken
4. (beat)
to \finish off sb off jdn bezwingen; (tire out) jdn schaffen [o fertigmachen] fam; AM (sl: murder) jdn erledigen fam [o sl alle machen] [o ÖSTERR kaltstellen] [o SCHWEIZ a. kaltmachen] sl
II. vi
1. (end) abschließen
dinner was delicious — let's \finish off off with a coffee das Abendessen war vorzüglich — trinken wir doch einen Kaffee zum Abschluss
2. (get work done) zum Abschluss kommen
if we don't \finish off off today, ... wenn wir heute nicht fertig werden, ...
* * *
1. vi
1) (= come to end) aufhören, Schluss machen
2)

to finish off with a glass of brandy —

we finished off by singing ... — wir schlossen mit dem Lied ..., wir sangen zum (Ab)schluss ...

2. vt sep
1) piece of work fertig machen; job erledigen

to finish off a painting — ein Bild zu Ende malen

to finish off a letter — einen Brief zu Ende schreiben

2) food, meal aufessen; drink austrinken
3) (= kill) wounded animal, person den Gnadenstoß geben (+dat); (by shooting) den Gnadenschuss geben (+dat)
4) (= do for) person den Rest geben (+dat), erledigen (inf)

the last mile just about finished me off (inf)die letzte Meile hat mich ziemlich geschafft (inf) or fertiggemacht (inf)

* * *
transitive verb
1) see finish 1. 3), 4)
2) (provide with ending) abschließen; beenden
3) (finish or trim neatly) sauber verarbeiten

English-german dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • finish off — index cap, extinguish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • finish off — phrasal verb Word forms finish off : present tense I/you/we/they finish off he/she/it finishes off present participle finishing off past tense finished off past participle finished off 1) [intransitive/transitive] same as finish I, 1) They hired… …   English dictionary

  • finish off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you finish off something that you have been eating or drinking, you eat or drink the last part of it with the result that there is none left. [V P n (not pron)] Kelly finished off his coffee... [V n P] He took the bottle from… …   English dictionary

  • 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 …   New idioms dictionary

  • finish off — verb finish a task completely I finally got through this homework assignment • Syn: ↑get through, ↑wrap up, ↑mop up, ↑polish off, ↑clear up, ↑finish up • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • finish off — verb a) To finish completely I was hungry, so I finished off the last of the cakes. b) To kill. It was the blow to the head that finished him off, not the bullet wound …   Wiktionary

  • finish off — 1) the executioners finished them off Syn: kill, take/end the life of, execute, terminate, exterminate, liquidate, get rid of; informal wipe out, do in, bump off, take out, dispose of, do away with, ice, rub out, waste 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • finish off — I. eat the remaining amount, eat the last piece    The kids finished off the cake when they got home. II. kill, strike the final blow    The spider finished off the fly and began to eat it …   English idioms

  • finish off — complete; use up, consume; kill, defeat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • finish — [fin′ish] vt. [ME finishen < extended stem of OFr finir < L finire, to end < finis, an end, limit, orig., boundary (post), something fixed in the ground < IE base * dhīgw , to stick in > DIKE1, L figere, FIX] 1. a) to bring to an… …   English World dictionary

  • finish — ► VERB 1) bring or come to an end. 2) consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink). 3) (finish with) have nothing more to do with. 4) reach the end of a race or other sporting competition. 5) (finish up) chiefly Brit. end… …   English terms dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”