polish off
Example Sentences
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“Paradise” is not “about” climate collapse or nuclear weapons or a giant asteroid or an unstoppable virus, or any of the things that typically polish off the world in postapocalyptic fiction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
A disproportionate number not only did not even passively resist but showed themselves eager to lick the polish off Hitler’s jackboots, if necessary.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024
A final improvement to the latter method boosted accuracy, and together the three approaches were able to polish off all but five of the final trouble spots.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 30, 2022
I ended up outpacing the book club and staying up until midnight to polish off “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.”
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2021
“Come on, Moose,” she says after I polish off a stack of cold pancakes from last night’s supper.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
