as in to mouth (down)
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Recent Examples of polish off
But don’t skip out on a versatile Chunky Metal black belt that won’t take up much room in your suitcase and will polish off any travel look.
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Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
As Strowman polished off his last plate, Olvera mentioned dessert options, to no avail.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The Red Sox still have 10 games to play and can polish off a series win against the Athletics on Thursday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
After polishing off my half-sandwich, egg and pickle spear, the espresso martini gives me license to linger and read.
—David Allen, Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
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Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
As Strowman polished off his last plate, Olvera mentioned dessert options, to no avail.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The Red Sox still have 10 games to play and can polish off a series win against the Athletics on Thursday.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
After polishing off my half-sandwich, egg and pickle spear, the espresso martini gives me license to linger and read.
—David Allen, Daily News, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polish off
Verb
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Seven top-five Cy Young finishes, with one trophy?—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Stoddard was stunned as Kanai got up and finished behind Wang.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Chestnut has won 17 of the last 19 events, setting a record in 2021 after wolfing down 76 hot dogs and buns.—
Matt Ott,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The funny video showed the bulldog grabbing an entire bar out of Peeters' hand and wolfing it down in one bite.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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Raw chicken was stored above ready-to-eat salsa, knives were put away without being properly cleaned and some cooking sauce was dispensed out of unlabled containers.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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Don't put away that winter jacket just yet.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Chewables are the traditional form that quickly breaks down in saliva as children chew them.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nobody gave teeth the update that modern jaws are chewing less on wild game and more on applesauce, especially in their youth.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
4 Feb. 2026
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