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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Why is there 'off' after finish?

Today, I finished off the last of the BBQ chips in the house. When my 6-year-old sister found out about it, she started screaming.

Why is there 'off' after finish?
  

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'Finish off ' is an idiomatic way of adding a little emphasis. We also say 'finish up '.

— Clive

  • 'Finish off ' is an idiomatic way of adding a little emphasis.
  • We also say 'finish up '.
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'Finish off' is an idiomatic way of adding a little emphasis.
We also say 'finish up'.
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messier42I finished off the last of the BBQ chips in the house.
Those little adverbs often indicate the total completion of the action of the verb. They are hardly necessary with a verb like 'finish', which already has a meaning involving completion, but we use them with 'finish' as well.
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