finish off with something—
1. end up one’s meal with smth.:
- Let’s finish off with some of that excellent cheese.
2. conclude by (doing) smth.:
- The long meeting finished off with a prayer.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase finish off something—
1. (of food) finish completely:
- The children have finished off all the fruit.
2. bring smth. to an end:
- I finally said we must finish off the war in Italy quickly.
3. totally destroy smth.:
- A long drive like that could finish the car off.
finish with something—
1. = finish off with something 1:
- We have some nice cake to finish with.
2. = finish off with something 2:
- I should like to finish with reminding members of the purpose of this club.
3. (of a period of time) come to an end (on a certain date):
- Please send your accounts for the period finishing with 31 March.
4. have no further use for smth.:
- Have you finished with the newspaper?