"finish out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: finishes out [present, singular, third-person], finishing out [participle, present], finished out [participle, past], finished out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} finish out (third-person singular simple present finishes out, present participle finishing out, simple past and past participle finished out)
  1. (transitive) To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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      "form": "finishes out",
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    {
      "form": "finished out",
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    },
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    }
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 September 30, David Ford, How You Finish Is What Counts, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:",
          "text": "Don accepted the new job, and they decided to let Billy finish out the school year before he and Jan moved to their new home. Even though it was a hundred-mile drive one way, Jan and Billy were there for Don's first sermon in the new[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Syl Sobel, Jay Rosenstein, Boxed out of the NBA, page 25:",
          "text": "They finished out the season in the NBL as the first all-black team in organized professional basketball, with Gates as player-coach.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(transitive) To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "finish out"
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      "form": "finishes out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "finished out",
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    },
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    }
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        },
        {
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          "text": "Don accepted the new job, and they decided to let Billy finish out the school year before he and Jan moved to their new home. Even though it was a hundred-mile drive one way, Jan and Billy were there for Don's first sermon in the new[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Syl Sobel, Jay Rosenstein, Boxed out of the NBA, page 25:",
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