finish sb/sth off
— phrasal verb with finish uk/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/us/ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/verb
(KILL)
informal to kill someone or something, especially if they have already been injured:
A third heart attack finally finished off the old man.
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- shoot sb down
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- throttle
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Killing
(DEFEAT)
to defeat a person or team that you are competing against in a sports event:
He could spar well enough but he couldn't seem to finish off his opponents.
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Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- outmanoeuvre
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- pip
- reel
- sew
- sweep
- trouncing
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- wipe
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