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FINISH OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does finish out mean?
• FINISH OUT (verb)
The verb FINISH OUT has 1 sense:
1. fill out
Familiarity information: FINISH OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
finish out; round out
Context example:
These studies round out the results of many years of research
Hypernyms (to "finish out" is one way to...):
complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
On July 1 this year, Saturn will return to Capricorn to finish out his tutoring of you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
After July 1, Saturn will move back into Capricorn to finish out his tour of duty in your fourth house of home and family—July 1 to December 16, 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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