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Definition of Finish up

1. Verb. Finish a task completely. "I finally got through this homework assignment"

2. Verb. Finally be or do something. "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

Definition of Finish up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To complete the last details of a task. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To complete the final details of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Finish Up

finify finifying finikin finiking fining finings finis finises finish finish coat

finish line finish lines finish nail finish off finish out finish up (current term) finish with finishable finished finished good

finished goods finished off finished product finisher finishers finishes finishes off finishing finishing-school finishing bur

Literary usage of Finish up

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1. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"finish up, use up, get (something) finished. ... obliterate, wipe out, finish off. orosa (vo.): finish up, use up, cause to finish, complete, ..."

2. The Prince and His Ants: (Ciondolino) by Luigi Bertelli (1910)
"... BEGIN CROSSING A LAKE IN A BOAT AND finish up ON HORSEBACK. "This is surely a steamboat," gasped Gigino, finding himself carried along at such a rate. ..."

3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1849)
"The contrary practice resembles that of a painter who should finish up his distances very elaborately and neglect his foregrounds. ..."

4. Framing: A Practical Manual of Approved Up-to-date Methods of House Framing by William A. Radford (1917)
"The sketch shows that 7 inches is the least width of casing that will do; and this would leave the inside casing to finish up only about Sy2 inches in width ..."

5. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), Religious Tract Society (1895)
"Casting his gaze in every direction but one, Thomas would finish up with a long look at the ceiling. It was imperative that he should look at the ceiling. ..."

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