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polished off

polished off is the simple past and past participle of polish off.

Meaning of polish off

Verb

polish off (third-person singular simple present polishes off, present participle polishing off, simple past and past participle polished off)

  1. (idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
    • They polished off the last of the cake.
    Synonyms:
    finish off
  2. To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).
    • White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.

Questions about polished off

What is polished off the simple past and past participle of?
Polished off is the simple past and past participle of polish off.

Words near polished off in the dictionary

  1. polishability
  2. polishable
  3. Polishdom
  4. polished
  5. polished a turd
  6. polished off
  7. polished one's rocket
  8. polished rice
  9. polished rices
  10. polished the pearl
  11. polished up

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