polish off
verb
polished off; polishing off; polishes off
: to finish off or dispose of rapidly or completely
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Top off the outfit with a thick, silver collar necklace to add some shine to polish off the look.
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Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 2 July 2025
Whitlock only needed two pitches to draw the inning-ending double play, and from there and polished off a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
With Kirk polishing off the comeback with a 10th inning walk-off single, the Blue Jays reached seven runs — more than their previous three games combined.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The game went to extra innings after Aroldis Chapman struck out Guerrero to polish off a perfect bottom of the ninth, but the Red Sox couldn’t get the ghost runner in from second in the top of the 10th.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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Abby Morgan Lebet, Glamour, 2 July 2025
Whitlock only needed two pitches to draw the inning-ending double play, and from there and polished off a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
With Kirk polishing off the comeback with a 10th inning walk-off single, the Blue Jays reached seven runs — more than their previous three games combined.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 1 May 2025
The game went to extra innings after Aroldis Chapman struck out Guerrero to polish off a perfect bottom of the ninth, but the Red Sox couldn’t get the ghost runner in from second in the top of the 10th.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025
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“Polish off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polish%20off. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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