Usually means: Finish consuming or completing something.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. polish off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. polish off: Merriam-Webster
  3. polish off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. polish off: Vocabulary.com
  5. polish off: Wiktionary
  6. polish off: Dictionary.com
  7. polish off: Rhymezone
  8. Polish off: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. polish off: FreeDictionary.org
  10. polish off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. polish off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polish off: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polish off: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. polish off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. polish off: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (polish off)

verb:  (idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
verb:  To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).

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