FINISH WITH (SOMETHING/SOMEBODY)


Meaning of FINISH WITH (SOMETHING/SOMEBODY) in English

finish with something/somebody phrasal verb ( see also ↑ finish )

1 . have/be finished with something to no longer need to use something:

Have you finished with the scissors?

2 . have/be finished with somebody to have finished talking to someone or dealing with them, especially when you are angry with them or want to punish them:

Don’t go. I haven’t finished with you yet.

‘When I’m finished with you,’ he said, ‘you’ll be lucky if you’re still alive.’

3 . to end a romantic or sexual relationship with someone:

So I told him I wanted to finish with him.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.