English Dictionary

polish off

verb

(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor. / To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).

I managed to polish off the entire pizza by myself.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.

They polished off the last of the cake.

意味（2）

To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive).

White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain.