finish out

== English == === Verb === finish out (third-person singular simple present finishes out, present participle finishing out, simple past and past participle finished out) (transitive) To finish up, to complete, something previously started, particularly a time frame. ==== Usage notes ==== The verbs finish up and finish out are slightly different: finishing up implies a shorter amount of time to completion, whereas finish out suggests a perceived longer time. ==== Collocations ====