finish up

Questions about finish up

What does finish up mean?

finish up means "finish a task completely". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for finish up?

Close synonyms include get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off. 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 up a common word?

finish up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.