polish somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v informal a) to finish food, work etc quickly or easily 很快吃完；迅速[轻松]做完 Sam polished off the rest of the pizza. 萨姆把剩下的比萨饼一扫而光。
b) American EnglishAmE to kill or defeat a person or animal when they are weak or wounded 干掉；打败 He was polished off with a shotgun blast to the face. 他被猎枪击中面部身亡。
polish off• Don't keep painting over chipped or worn polish.• I couldn't stop him reforming, but when he came together all the polish was gone off.• No wind-chill to speak of, to polish us off.• She polished it off and began to chew on the ice.
→ polish somebody/something ↔ off at polish1(1)