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finish with

finish with verb: to put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.
    • After finding out he'd been cheating, I had to finish with him.
  2. (idiomatic) To complete; to end the use of.
    • After finishing with his homework, he was allowed to use his game machine.
    • After finishing with his game machine, he put it away and went to sleep.

Forms of finish with

third-person singular presentfinishes with
present participlefinishing with
past participlefinished with
pastfinished with

Questions about finish with

What does finish with mean?
Finish with means to put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.
What part of speech is finish with?
Finish with is a verb.
What is the past tense of finish with?
The past tense of finish with is finished with.

Words near finish with in the dictionary

  1. finish nails
  2. finish off
  3. finish out
  4. finish time
  5. finish up
  6. finish with
  7. finish'd
  8. finishable
  9. finished
  10. finished article
  11. finished articles

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