Phrasal Verbs: FINISH OFF

FINISH OFF
1. to end, to finish [finalizar, terminar, concluir, acabar]

• The fat child finished off the whole bag of potato chips in a few minutes.
• A criança gorda acabou com o saco inteiro de batatinhas em poucos minutos.
• After William finished off waxing his car, he decided to go for a drive.
• Depois que William terminou de encerar seu carro, ele decidiu dar um giro.

2. to kill [matar, sacrificar, “acabar com”]

• The horse was so sick that the farmer thought the best thing to do was to finish it off.
• O cavalo estava tão doente que o fazendeiro achou que a melhor coisa a fazer era sacrificá-lo.

3. to defeat a person or team [derrotar uma pessoa ou time, “acabar com”]

• The boxer finished off his opponent in the sixth round of the fight.
• O boxeador derrotou o adversário no sexto assalto.