Synonyms for polish off
Definitions
- v. 1
To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
They polished off the last of the cake.
- v. 2
To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).
White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.
Example sentences
- kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
- murder You don't have an alibi for the day of the murder.
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- off1, hit1
- 4 letters
- kill1, slay1, offn
- 6 letters
- murder2, finish2, remove2, cancel2
- 8 letters
- dispatch2, despatch
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (murder2 = 2 syllables).