"finish up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: finishes up [present, singular, third-person], finishing up [participle, present], finished up [participle, past], finished up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} finish up (third-person singular simple present finishes up, present participle finishing up, simple past and past participle finished up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To complete the last details of a task. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to complete last details): viimeistellä (Finnish), lopetella (Finnish), tehdä loppuun (Finnish), fignoler (French), finalizar (Portuguese), terminar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-finish_up-en-verb-Mg~nbEeU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 75 25 Disambiguation of 'to complete last details': 88 12
  2. (transitive) To consume the last part of (something). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-finish_up-en-verb-J--h964-

Download JSON data for finish up meaning in English (2.4kB)

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