"polish off" meaning in English

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      "form": "polishes off",
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    {
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "They polished off the last of the cake.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor."
      ],
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          "finish"
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        "(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "word": "finish off"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izlapvam",
          "sense": "To finish completely, especially a food",
          "word": "излапвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "To finish completely, especially a food",
          "word": "dar buena cuenta de"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive)."
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  "word": "polish off"
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      "form": "polishes off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "polishing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "polished off",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "polished off",
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        {
          "text": "They polished off the last of the cake.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive)."
      ],
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          "polishing",
          "polishing"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlapvam",
      "sense": "To finish completely, especially a food",
      "word": "излапвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To finish completely, especially a food",
      "word": "dar buena cuenta de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "polish off"
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