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finish out

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame.

transitive

Examples

“A former Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force⟳ who had been shot down over Germany and finished out the war in a POW camp.”
“Don accepted the new job, and they decided to let⟳ Billy finish⟳ out the school year before he and Jan moved to their new home. Even though it was a hundred-mile drive⟳ one way, Jan and Billy were there for Don's first sermon in the new[…]”
“They finished out the season in the NBL as the first all-black team in organized professional basketball, with Gates as player-coach.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

finish up finish with finish'd finished finished off finished out

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