English Dictionary

polish off

動詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

（特に食べ物や酒などを）完全に食べきる、消費してしまう / （研磨剤で）磨いて取り除く、消し去る

After the long hike, we managed to polish off the entire pizza between the four of us.

長いハイキングの後、私たちは4人でピザを全部平らげた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.

They polished off the last of the cake.

意味（2）

To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).

White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.

polishes off （ present singular third-person ）

polishing off （ participle present ）

polished off （ participle past ）

polished off （ past ）