finish up

Meanings

verbfinish up (third-person singular simple present finishes up, present participle finishing up, simple past and past participle finished up)

present singular third person finishes up · participle present finishing up · participle past finished up · past finished up

ambitransitiveTo complete the last details of a task.
They were finishing up the dishes.
2 more examples
Their shift was over, but they were still finishing up.
I'll finish up my homework and then we can go out.
transitiveTo consume the last part of (something).
Do you want to finish up these cookies?

verbfinish a task completely

Broader

verbfinally be or do something

Similar

Broader

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Finnish viimeistellä, lopetella

French fignoler

Polish kończyć, skończyć

Portuguese finalizar, terminar

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finish up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finish%20up.