finish off

Questions about finish off

What does finish off mean?

finish off means "finish a task completely".

What is another word for finish off?

Close synonyms include get through, wrap up, mop up, polish off, clear up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is finish off a common word?

finish off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.