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FINISH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Finally be or do something
Example:
he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
Synonyms:
end up; fetch up; finish; finish up; land up; wind up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "finish up" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sense 2
Meaning:
Finish a task completely
Example:
I finally got through this homework assignment
Synonyms:
clear up; finish off; finish up; get through; mop up; polish off; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "finish up" is one way to...):
complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "finish up"):
cap off (finish or complete, as with some decisive action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples:
This year, you will only host Saturn in this work-a-day assignment sixth house for a little over three months, and then Saturn will retreat to Capricorn to finish up his tutorial in your fifth house of truelove.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When Saturn is done giving you a preview of what’s to come in the future, from March 20 to July 1, he will retreat back into Capricorn to finish up his tour of duty in your seventh house from July 1 to December 16.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
