Employ and Finish

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Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.
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Finish and employ are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Finish" instead a verb "Employ".
Nearby Words: employment, employed, employee, employable, employer

Finish

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
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Employ and finish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Finish".
Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

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phrase employ phrase finish phrase
series employ series finish series
time employ time finish time

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  • Good Old Fisticuffs: After the Waif disarms Arya from her stave, she doesn't employ any of the fancy She-Fu she'd been using up to that point to finish Arya off, choosing instead to knock her on her ass with some good old fashioned boxing.
    Source: Recap / Game Of Thrones S 6 E 5 The Door
  • Western Animation / Wacky Races Dastardly (presumably the son of the original) is instructed by a figure in the employ of Peter Perfect (whose son Parker is racing) to just win the race, and he's a yard shy of the finish line, which Muttley points out.
    Source: Western Animation / Wacky Races
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