finish up

finish up
intransitive verb
1) see academic.ru/27379/finish">finish 2. 3)
2) = end up
* * *
1) (to use, eat etc the last of; to finish: Finish up your meal as quickly as possible.) beendigen
2) (to end: It was no surprise to me when he finished up in jail; The car finished up in the dump.) enden
* * *
finish up
I. vi
1. (get work done) fertig werden
I have to \finish up up before I can leave ich kann erst gehen, wenn ich fertig bin
let's \finish up up with the dishes so we can go to bed bringen wir den Abwasch hinter uns, damit wir zu Bett gehen können
2. esp BRIT, AUS (end up) enden
to \finish up up bankrupt/drunk/ruined am Ende bankrott/betrunken/ruiniert sein
if you drive like that, you'll \finish up up dead wenn du so fährst, bist du irgendwann tot
to \finish up up doing sth:
I \finish uped up spending more than I had planned am Ende gab ich mehr aus, als ich geplant hatte
to \finish up up at home/in California/on a farm sich akk zu Hause/in Kalifornien/auf einer Farm wiederfinden
to \finish up up in debt/trouble am Ende in Schulden/Schwierigkeiten stecken
to \finish up up in hell/hospital/jail in der Hölle/im Krankenhaus/im Gefängnis landen fam
II. vt
to \finish up up ⇆ sth (eat) etw aufessen; (drink) etw austrinken
* * *
1. vi
1)
See:
= finish off
2) (= end up in a place) landen (inf)

he finished up a nervous wreck — er war zum Schluss ein Nervenbündel

he finished up in third place — er landete auf dem dritten Platz (inf)

you'll finish up wishing you'd never started — du wünschst dir bestimmt noch, du hättest gar nicht erst angefangen

I'll just finish up having to do it all again — zum Schluss muss ich doch alles noch mal machen

2. vt sep
See:
= finish off
* * *
intransitive verb
1) see finish 2. 3)
2) = end up

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