acabar com

Meaning

  1. (idiomatic) to exhaust, use up
  2. to finish, to put an end to
  3. to waste, to whack (to kill)
  4. to destroy
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see acabar, com.

Etymology

In summary

Literally, “to end with”. Cognate with Spanish acabar con.

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