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Polish off

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To finish out of hand. In allusion to articles polished.

Iʹll polish him off in no time means Iʹll set him down, Iʹll give him a drubbing.

To polish off a meal is to eat it quickly, and not keep anyone waiting.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Poker Pictures
Poker Talk
Pokers
Poky
Polack
Polarisation of Light
Poleas
Poles
Polichinelle
Polinesso (in Orlando Furioso)
Polish off
Political Economy
Polixene
Polixenes
Poll
Poll Degree
Poll Men
Pollentē
Pollio
Pollux
Polly