finish : Idioms & Phrases

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finish coat

  • noun the final coat of paint
    finish coat.
  • noun the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings
    finish coat.
    • we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat
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finish line

  • noun a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
    finish line.
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finish off

  • verb finish a task completely
    get through; wrap up; clear up; mop up; polish off; finish off.
    • I finally got through this homework assignment
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finish out

  • verb fill out
    round out.
    • These studies round out the results of many years of research
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finish up

  • verb finish a task completely
    get through; wrap up; clear up; mop up; polish off; finish off.
    • I finally got through this homework assignment
  • verb finally be or do something
    finish; wind up; fetch up; land up; end up.
    • He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart
    • he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
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finishing coat

  • noun the final coat of paint
    finish coat.
  • noun the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings
    finish coat.
    • we can't paint until they put on the finishing coat
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finishing line

  • noun a line indicating the location of the finish of a race
    finish line.
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finishing school

  • noun a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
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finishing touch

  • noun a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
    copestone; capstone.
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first-place finish

  • noun a finish in first place (as in a race)
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from start to finish

  • adverb completely
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Hard finish

  • (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering.
Webster 1913

high-finished

High"-fin`ished adjective
Definitions
  1. Finished with great care; polished.
Webster 1913

Inside finish

  • (Arch.), a general term for the final work in any building necessary for its completion, but other than unusual decoration; thus, in joiner work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering.
Webster 1913

last, ∨ finishing

Webster 1913

Outside finish

  • (Arch.), a term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; rare in masonry.
Webster 1913

photo finish

  • noun in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
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runner-up finish

  • noun a finish in second place (as in a race)
    runner-up finish.
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second-place finish

  • noun a finish in second place (as in a race)
    runner-up finish.
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Standing finish

  • (Arch.), that part of the interior fittings, esp. of a dwelling house, which is permanent and fixed in its place, as distinguished from doors, sashes, etc.
Webster 1913

third-place finish

  • noun a finish in third place (as in a race)
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