Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley.
He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
finish someone off — kill or comprehensively defeat someone. → finish … English new terms dictionary
finish someone off — kill, destroy, or comprehensively defeat someone … Useful english dictionary
finish something off — finish (someone/something) off to destroy or completely defeat someone or something. Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley. He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off … New idioms dictionary
finish someone/something off — 1 the executioners finished them off: KILL, take/end the life of, execute, terminate, exterminate, liquidate, get rid of; informal wipe out, do in, bump off, take out, dispose of, do away with; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, waste. 2 financial… … Useful english dictionary
finish someone/something off — 1) the hunters finished them off Syn: kill, execute, terminate, exterminate, liquidate, get rid of; informal wipe out, bump off, dispose of; N.Amer.; informal waste 2) financial difficulties finished us off Syn … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
carry someone off — KILL (OFF), cause the death of, take/end the life of, finish off; informal do in. → carry … Useful english dictionary
finish — 1 / fInIS/ verb 1 STOP DOING STH (I, T) to come to the end of doing or making something, so that it is complete : finish sth: You can t go anywhere until you finish your homework. | finish doing sth: I finished typing the report just minutes… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
finish — verb 1》 bring or come to an end. ↘consume or get through the whole or the remainder of (food or drink). ↘reach the end of a race or other sporting competition. ↘(finish up) chiefly Brit. end by doing something or being in a particular … English new terms dictionary
finish off — finish (someone/something) off to destroy or completely defeat someone or something. Lack of water finished off the agricultural communities in the valley. He insisted that the disease was not going to finish him off … New idioms dictionary
finish — fin|ish1 W2S1 [ˈfınıʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stop doing something)¦ 2¦(end)¦ 3¦(eat/drink)¦ 4¦(end something by doing something)¦ 5¦(race)¦ 6¦(take away somebody s strength)¦ 7¦(use all of something)¦ 8 put/add the finishing touches (to something)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
