finish up

English

Verb

finish up (third-person singular simple present finishes up, present participle finishing up, simple past and past participle finished up)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To complete the last details of a task.

   They were finishing up the dishes.

   Their shift was over, but they were still finishing up.

   I'll finish up my homework and then we can go out.

2. (transitive) To consume the last part of (something).

   Do you want to finish up these cookies?

Translations

to complete last details

• Finnish: viimeistellä (fi), lopetella (fi), tehdä loppuun
• French: fignoler (fr)
• Portuguese: finalizar (pt), terminar (pt)