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Finishing off each can, dog's thrown up (6,2)

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I believe the answer is:

eating up

'finishing off' is the definition.
(finish off can mean to eat up food)

'each can dog's thrown up' is the wordplay.
'each' becomes 'ea' (abbreviation).
'can' becomes 'tin' (synonyms).
'dog' becomes 'pug' (pug is a kind of dog).
'thrown up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'pug' written backwards gives 'gup'.
'ea'+'tin'+'gup'='EATING UP'

(Another definition for eating up that I've seen is " Consuming".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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