finish up
B1 informal separable both
In simple words
To do the last things needed to be completely done, or to end up somewhere.
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To complete the remaining parts of a task, meal, or activity.
"Finish up your homework before you turn on the television."
Grammar: separable
2 B1
idiomatic
informal
To end up in a particular place or situation after a series of events.
"We took a wrong turn and finished up miles from the hotel."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Very common in everyday speech. When used intransitively, it often means to arrive at a final state ('we finished up in Paris'). When transitive, it means to complete the remaining portion of something. Slightly more emphatic than simply 'finish'.
Commonly used with
work meal meeting task report leftovers
Forms
Base
finish up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
finishes up
he/she/it
Past simple
finished up
yesterday
Past participle
finished up
have + pp
-ing form
finishing up
continuous
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