Complete Definition of "polish off"

English

Verb
polish off

  1. idiom to finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor

#: They polished off the last of the cake.
#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.

Translations
Bulgarian: излапвам (used for food)

Related terms
polish finish off

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