Finish
Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
Start on
Both terms in one sentence
- Characters from one show frequently appeared on the other, and major eye-candy events like the annual Nurses Ball would start on Port Charles and finish on General Hospital.
Source: Cross Over / Live-Action TV -
Then the Klingons show up hoping to take out the winner and get the system cheap; they finish off the Imperial ships in passing and then start on the Free Rihannsu.
Source: Mêlée à Trois
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Start on and Finish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/start_on
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Start on or Finish. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/finish/start_on.
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