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finishes up

finishes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of finish up.

Meaning of finish up

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To complete the last details of a task.
    • They were finishing up the dishes.
  2. (transitive) To consume the last part of (something).
    • Do you want to finish up these cookies?

Questions about finishes up

What is finishes up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Finishes up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of finish up.

Words near finishes up in the dictionary

  1. finisher
  2. finishers
  3. finishes
  4. finishes off
  5. finishes out
  6. finishes up
  7. finishes with
  8. finishest
  9. finisheth
  10. finishin'
  11. finishing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finishes up (page history and authors); finish up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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