Finish
Meanings and phrases
finish
- a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); coating; finishing
- event whose occurrence ends something; ending; conclusion
- the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); destination; goal
- designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
- the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
- (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
- the act of finishing; finishing
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; --Joseph Conrad; polish; refinement; culture; cultivation
- the temporal end; the concluding time; stopping point; finale; finis; last; conclusion; close
finish
- come or bring to a finish or an end; complete
- finally be or do something; finish up; land up; fetch up; end up; wind up
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; end; stop; terminate; cease
- provide with a finish
- finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; eat up; polish off
- cause to finish a relationship with somebody
n.
- the final coat of paint; finishing coat
- the final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings; finishing coat
n.
- a line indicating the location of the finish of a race; finishing line
- Dibaba coasted across the finish line with the win.
- The first person to cross the finish line wins.
- Finally, the rider must race back to the finish line.
v.
- finish a task completely; get through; wrap up; mop up; polish off; clear up; finish up
- Unable to fly indoors, it slowly crawls to finish off Anna.
- Round towers finish off both western corners of the extension.
- Hand grenades were hurled inside in order to finish off the victims.
v.
- finally be or do something; land up; fetch up; end up; wind up; finish
- finish a task completely; get through; wrap up; finish off; mop up; polish off; clear up
first-place finish
- a finish in first place (as in a race)
n.
- in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing
- A photo finish tower was constructed in 1952.
- In 1936 it added a photo finish camera.
- He won the 2011 Melbourne Cup in a photo finish riding Dunaden.
second-place finish
- a finish in second place (as in a race); runner-up finish
third-place finish
- a finish in third place (as in a race)
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- 5–3 in Great West play to finish in second place.
- they finished the season 2–8, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in last place.
- They finished the season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.
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- Their best finish in the Melbourne Cup was third.
- His best finish was 15th at Charlotte and Homestead.
- It was the best finish by Colombian rider since 1995.
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- Head coach Roger Neilson did not finish the season.
- Did not finish in the semifinals Outdoor Indoor
- He rode in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, but did not finish.
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- Head coach Roger Neilson did not finish the season.
- He rode in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, but did not finish.
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- She ran promisingly to finish second to Fairy Path.
- The Orioles would finish second in the American League.
- The win saw Roma finish second in Serie A behind Juventus.
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- He would finish the season with 217 rushing yards.
- Head coach Roger Neilson did not finish the season.
- Balentien would finish the season with 60 home runs.
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- His highest place finish was 3rd place at Thruxton.
- Harvick bounced back with a 4th place finish at Dover.
- A loose wheel at Pocono made him suffer a 22nd place finish.
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- The band swings mightily from start to finish.
- It was described as "a desperate mess from start to finish".
- Balance eludes it, start to finish."
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- Eight of the 25 entrants failed to finish the race.
- In the Super-G, he failed to finish the race.
- He would finish the race in 31st position.
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- Eight of the 25 entrants failed to finish the race.
- At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he failed to finish.
- He failed to finish the 2016 Olympic marathon.
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- Sorocaba defeated Cerro Porteño to finish third.
- South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.
- Perfect Drift closed late to finish third.
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- In 2013 and 2014 she narrowly missed the podium finish and placed 4th.
- The sole surviving Audi clinched a podium finish, finishing in third place.
- In the last rally of the season, he scored a podium finish in the junior class.
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- She qualified for six rounds and managed to finish a few times.
- And in the league the club managed to finish in the 11th position.
- Echeverría finally managed to finish his speech right at the 181st second.
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- This time, he will finish fourth and will not go to Barcelona.
- He did however finish fourth in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well.
- Ultimately, Nakamura would finish fourth in the with 66 Pro Points.
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- As a result, he was not able to finish primary school.
- The first phase of WKCD will be able to finish by the end of 2015.
- With this the Wong Brother's Halimoen Film was able to finish the film.
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- 5–3 in Great West play to finish in second place.
- He held on to finish in second place.
- They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place.
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- Orbit ran on well in the closing stages to finish in third place.
- Al-Jeel defeated Al-Ansar 5–1 on aggregate to finish in third place.
- They finished the season 7–4, 5–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.
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- they finished the season 2–8, 1–7 in PFL play to finish in last place.
- They finished the season 3–8, 1–7 in CAA play to finish in last place.
- They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.
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- Fifth was the club's highest finish since the league win of 1997–98.
- Charlton Athletic finished ninth, their highest finish since the 1950s.
- In his first season NEC finished third place, their highest finish in Top League history.
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- The next two seasons Flamurtari would finish in fourth place.
- Australia went on to finish in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
- They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.
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- She also helped the Ukrainian team finish fifth in the team final.
- The preseason Horizon League Coaches' Poll picked the Vikings to finish fifth.
- In 1920 he was a member of the Danish relay team which finish fifth in the 4 × 100 metre relay event.
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- Khuzwayo played two more league games to finish with a total of 3.
- However, they lost 5 of their next 7 games to finish 6–6 on the month.
- Federer then broke in the third, fifth and seventh games to finish 6–1.
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- The club's highest-ever league finish was second in the top flight in 1906–07.
- Their best league finish was 6th place, which they achieved twice, in 1962 and 1982.
- United's best league finish was in 1950–51, when they finished fourth, with Town in third position.
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- For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.
- In the last match, the East Kalimantan capital team needed a 7–0 victory to finish first.
- Courtney was to win his battle with Johnson and finish first, but Sowell lost his and finished fourth.
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- For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.
- West Virginia was picked to finish 9th in the Big East Pre-Season Coaches Poll.
- In the AP's 1980 preseason poll, Michigan was picked to finish third in the Big Ten.
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- The Danmark Rundt cycling race traditionally finishes on Frederiksberg Alle, often in a sprint finish.
- On 10 September, Roche won stage 18 of the Vuelta a España in a sprint finish against Haimar Zubeldia.
- The race however, was unsatisfactory, with a very slow early pace resulting in a bunched sprint finish.
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- SAC Relays when he crossed the finish line in 3:41.80.
- Only three cars crossed the finish line, but seven were classified.
- "Sassy" crossed the finish line almost hours ahead of the second boat in the fleet of 55.
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- They finished the season 4–5, 3–4 in OVC play to finish in fifth place.
- They finished the season 18–15, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place.
- They finished the season 22–14, 11–7 in AAC play to finish in fifth place.
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- Maxim helped his team finish 4th in 2005-2006 season.
- She also helped the Ukrainian team finish fifth in the team final.
- He helped the team finish third place in the 2008-09 Saudi Professional League.
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- He was unable to finish the game after suffering a torn bicep.
- At the 2010 Asian Games, she was unable to finish the marathon.
- Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the game after suffering a concussion.
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- He posted a time of 16:16.01 to finish last in his ten deep heat.
- The preseason media poll had picked WSU to finish last in the conference.
- Western Kentucky went on to go 0–12 and finish last in the Sun Belt Conference.
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- The company went on to finish the game, but never released it.
- He was unable to finish the game after suffering a torn bicep.
- Unfortunately, he was unable to finish the game after suffering a concussion.
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- Bråthen's best individual finish was third twice (1986, 1988).
- Pusenius's best individual finish was second twice (1982, 1983).
- His best individual finish was 4th in the large hill in Canada in 1990.
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- Five defeats from seven saw them finish the season in sixth place and miss out on a play-off spot.
- With also help from the crocs bench saw them finish the season in fifth place with a record of 17-13.
- Their form continued to improve during the season, which saw them finish in 5th place, but they were 18 points behind leaders Arsenal.
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- 11 Penn State in a consolation game to finish sixth.
- She went on to finish sixth in the marathon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
- Harlien continued to accelerate until he crossed the start/finish line to finish sixth.
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- Both the start and finish were in Bornem.
- Races held at Lympne:- Lympne was the start and finish for several record attempts.
- Both the start and finish were in Oudenaarde, Belgium and 70 cyclists took part in the race.
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- His best overall finish was sixth in the 1999/00 season.
- It was still the best overall finish of his career in the Sprint Cup standings.
- A sixteenth place overall finish saw him one place ahead of works Peugeot driver Tim Harvey.
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- Bråthen's best individual finish was third twice (1986, 1988).
- Pusenius's best individual finish was second twice (1982, 1983).
- His best individual finish was 4th in the large hill in Canada in 1990.
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- They finished the season 6–5, 4–3 in CAA play to finish in sixth place.
- They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in sixth place.
- they finished the season 12–18, 7–11 in WAC play to finish in sixth place.
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- A disappointing Premier League campaign saw the club finish in sixth place.
- The following season (2005–06) results were better and the club finish third.
- In Primera B Nacional, Giménez netted eight goals in twenty-one matches to help the club finish seventh.
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- The riders also had to complete a circuit of around before the finish in Sanxenxo.
- An equipment failure forced him to pull out of the race 10m before the finish line.
- Eaton slammed the final hurdle, losing some of his momentum, Pozzi caught him before the finish.
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- The airport railway is predicted to finish in November 2018.
- In a poll of Big East coaches, Syracuse was predicted to finish second in the conference.
- Before the 2017 season started, Stony Brook was predicted to finish 8th out of 12 in the CAA.
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- He made up 14 places in changeable conditions to finish 9th, resulting in his third consecutive points finish.
- His 1996 season saw him win the $100,000 Budweiser Shootout at Sonoma en route to a second-place points finish.
- He finished 12th at the Österreichring before gaining his first ever points finish in F1 by placing sixth in Italy at Monza.
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- Orbit could only finish in fifth place, over seven lengths behind winner Ayrshire.
- Hunt scored a career-best 11 goals in 2012–13, but Werder could only finish in 14th place.
- His only finish outside the top 10 was at Bristol as he suffered a DNF thanks to a transmission problem.
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- The Commodores lost to Tennessee and Wake Forest to finish the regular season 6–6.
- The Sox's next World Series winner in 2005 would finish the regular season with a 99–63 record.
- The Packers became the fifth team in NFL history to finish the regular season with a 15–1 record.
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- He kicked 71 goals in the 2011 season to finish second in the Frosty Miller medal to teammate Patrick Rose.
- The team defeated the New Jersey Devils on the final day of the season to finish with 93 points on the year.
- Their season nosedived from there, as the Seawolves lost the final four games of the season to finish 5–6 (4–4).
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- He went on to finish the year in top-40 on the Order of Merit.
- He would finish the year with a 5th place in Catalunya and 4th in Wales.
- Burdette went on to finish the year with a 3.72 ERA in 9 innings over 8 games.
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- He also intended to finish his career at St Mirren.
- To finish his career, Fred returned to fundamental studies of the elements.
- He then looked to finish his career in Australia with A-League club Perth Glory.
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- We just didn't finish the job.
- It is time to finish the job."
- Bergman doesn't accept the team's departure and forces them to finish the job.
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- The first person to cross the finish line wins.
- He was the first Irishman to cross the finish line at the 1972 games.
- Harvick was able to cross the finish line, scoring a third-place finish.
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- Tscherniawsky threw 27.52 to finish seventh.
- Last year they finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in Horizon League play to finish seventh overall.
- She went on to finish seventh in the race, earning her sixth top-ten finish in six West Series races.
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- The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.
- The Vuelta concluded with the now-customary stage finish in the centre of Madrid.
- Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage.
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- In 1946, he returned to Ateneo to finish high school.
- After the war, he returned home to finish high school.
- She did not finish high school.
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- He was the first person with tetraplegia to ever finish an Ironman Triathlon in 2014.
- However, in following season, Yorkshire dropped to equal twelfth, their worst ever finish at that time.
- Title holders Blackburn recorded the lowest ever finish by a Premier League title-holder by finishing 7th.
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- This strong finish helped save Rivera's job.
- Müller won the race with a strong finish.
- After a poor start, he had a strong finish to the year, with two podiums in the final two races.
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- Vic Parsons scored his best NASCAR finish in seventh place.
- They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.
- They finished the season 13–18, 9–9 in CAA play to finish in seventh place.
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- Virginia Waters took the lead a furlong from the finish and won by two and a half lengths from Maid's Causeway.
- She took the lead a furlong from the finish and won easily by two lengths from Lady In Trouble and Running Blue.
- He took the lead two furlongs from the finish and won by a length from Jaeger with Hall Cross half a length away in third.
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- He helped the team to finish first in the ECAHA and retain the Cup in 1908 with challenges from Ottawa, Winnipeg and Toronto.
- The first team to finish this task will donate ₱100,000 worth of printers to the school courtesy of Brother Industries Philippines.
- Although, he helped the team to finish top of its group, it failed to achieve promotion to Egyptian Premier League in the play-offs.
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- However, Kieng did finish with a season's best time of 1:55.26.
- He also led Radnički to be title challengers, even though they did finish on 2nd place.
- Her final games in Sydney in 2000 she failed to finish in the 400m and 1500m but did finish seventh in the 5000m.
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- It took him two years to finish the restoration.
- A two-story building could take anything up to two years to finish.
- In total, the renovation had cost $165 million and taken four years to finish.
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- Hand grenades were hurled inside in order to finish off the victims.
- With the songs already written, the band returned to the studio in order to finish their second album.
- In September 2007, she decided not to sign another contract with Disney in order to finish her college degree.
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- Then the surface finish is added.
- The steels can be nitrided to increase case hardness and polished to a fine surface finish.
- Industrial uses of agate exploit its hardness, ability to retain a highly polished surface finish and resistance to chemical attack.
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- In 1946, he returned to Ateneo to finish high school.
- After the war, he returned home to finish high school.
- She did not finish high school.
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- UCLA went on to go 7–6 and finish eighth in the Pac-10 Conference.
- His next marathon outing came at the 2013 Tokyo Marathon, but his time of 2:09:13 hours saw him finish eighth in the field.
- Despite their poor start, Njie managed to score seven times to help them finish eighth on the 2016-17 GFA League First Division table.
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- They finished the season 4–6, 3–4 in CAA play to finish in eighth place.
- They finished the season 2–9, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.
- They finished the season 16–17, 7–11 in ACC play to finish in eighth place.
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- Ultimately Canada would finish behind the American team to capture silver - Millar's first Olympic medal.
- Town would finish behind Arsenal, who win their second consecutive championship and would emulate Town's 1920s achievement the next season.
- However, they had to settle for a second-place finish behind the Orioles, who won 101 games to take their third straight AL East Division crown.