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finishing out

finishing out is the present participle and gerund of finish out.

Meaning of finish out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame.
    • A former Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force who had been shot down over Germany and finished out the war in a POW camp.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 82

Questions about finishing out

What is finishing out the present participle and gerund of?
Finishing out is the present participle and gerund of finish out.

Words near finishing out in the dictionary

  1. finishing line
  2. finishing lines
  3. finishing move
  4. finishing moves
  5. finishing off
  6. finishing out
  7. finishing school
  8. finishing schools
  9. finishing touch
  10. finishing touches
  11. finishing up

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