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polish off

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  1. To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.β€œThey polished off the last of the cake.”
  2. To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).β€œWhite rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.”

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