finishing touch

Idioms and Phrases

A small change or addition that serves to complete something. For example, The room still needed a few finishing touches, such as a flower arrangement . This expression is sometimes put as a finishing stroke . [c. 1700]

Example Sentences

On Fridays, it gets rolled and chilled down, applying finishing touches on Saturday, so it’s ready to be roasted by Sunday afternoon.

From Salon

However, the patients were also keen to ensure they would not lose out on the skilled finishing touches from the conventional approach.”

From BBC

As I visit, diggers are shifting piles of rubble along the edge of the extended runway, and the finishing touches are being applied to the new terminal.

From BBC

The finishing touches are delicately made on our pieces as time winds down on our designated hour.

From Los Angeles Times

When I arrive, the 16-year-old is putting the finishing touches to her make-up before she heads to college.

From BBC

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