english
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Phrase(s): finishing touch(s) a final adjustment of something; some effort or action that completes something. • Norm is in his workshop putting the finishing touches on his latest project.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms