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finish line

1 noun SPOR of racelíne chríche  c m ulíne dheiridh 2 noun point sb/sth is trying to reachceann scríbe fem2  c m usprioc fem2  c m uwe've reached the finish line with sales tá ceann scríbe sroichte againn le díolacháin, tá an sprioc díolacháin bainte amach againn

finish

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verb
1 verb complete, come to end of sth
TRANSITIVEcríochnaigh verb  c m udeireadh a chur le VP  c m uhave you finished your essay? ar chríochnaigh tú d'aiste?, an bhfuil d'aiste críochnaithe agat?we finished the meeting chuireamar clabhsúr ar an gcruinniúI've finished reading it now tá sé léite anois agam'I'll never go there again,' he finished. 'Ní rachaidh mé ann choíche arís,' a dúirt sé sa deireadh.
INTRANSITIVEwe should finish around four ba chóir go mbeimis réidh i dtrátha a ceathairshe finished by thanking the audience ghabh sí buíochas leis an lucht féachana ar deireadhhe finished with a bow d'umhlaigh sé é féin nuair a bhí sé ag críochnú
2 verb come to end INTRANSITIVEcríochnaigh verb  c m utar chun deiridh VP  c m ubheith thart  c m unegotiations have not finished yet níor tháinig an idirbheartaíocht chun deiridh go fóill, níl deireadh leis an idirbheartaíocht go fóillthe party finished off with a visit from Santa Claus tháinig Daidí na Nollag ar cuairt chun bailchríoch a chur ar an gcóisir
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3 verb eat or drink all of TRANSITIVEcríochnaigh verb  c m uhe finished off the wine d'ól sé a raibh d'fhíon ann 4 verb in race, competition INTRANSITIVEcríochnaigh verb  c m ushe finished third sa tríú háit a chríochnaigh sí, tháinig sí sa tríú háit 5 verb CRAFT, CONSTR, COOK, ETC decorate, garnish TRANSITIVEbailchríoch a chur ar VP  c m ubailchríochnaigh verb  c m uhe finished the dish with grated cheese chuir sé bailchríoch ar an mbéile le cáis ghrátáiltefinish the wood with an oily rag cuir bailchríoch ar an adhmad le ceirt a bhfuil ola uirthi 6 verb SPOR succeed in scoring INTRANSITIVEscóráil verb  c m ubáire a chur VP 7 verb end sb's career etc TRANSITIVEdeireadh a chur le VP  c m ucuir de dhroim seoil VP  c m uscrios verb  c m uthis will finish him cuirfidh sé seo in aer é, bainfidh sé seo dá bhoinn é 8 exhaust, destroy emotionally TRANSITIVEscrios verb  c m umaraigh verb  c m ucuir in aer  c m u 9 verb kill TRANSITIVEmaraigh verb  c m udeireadh a chur le VP  c m u 10 verb informal sack TRANSITIVEthey finished him thug siad bata agus bóthar dó, bhris siad as a phost é
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11 noun enddeireadh masc1  c m ucríoch fem2  c m u 12 noun SPOR placing in race etche had a third place finish chríochnaigh sé sa tríú háitit was a close finish is beag a bhí ann ag an deireadh 13 noun (also finish line, finishing line) SPOR end line of raceceann cúrsa  c m ulíne chríche  c m uceann sprice  c m u 14 noun CRAFT, DIY, CONSTR finishing layer, substancebailchríoch fem2  c m uclúdach masc1  c m u 15 noun SPOR goalscór masc1  c m u 16 noun DRINK of wine etciarbhlas masc1  c m u
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from start to finish

1 beginning to endó thús go deireadhó thús deireadh 2 emphasis when criticisingó thús go deireadhó bhun go barr

to the finish

1 unrelentinglygo deireadhgo bun an angairgo heireaball 2 until deathgo bás

by the time sb has finished with sth/sb

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after sb has finished with sth/sb

, when sb has finished with sth/sb

) by the time the mechanics have finished with it, it'll be fine faoin am a mbeidh na meicneoirí réidh leis, beidh sé i gceart

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