finishing touch

1. 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 a recent weekday afternoon, Roger and Lindy stood in their frontyard admiring the finishing touches on their only major construction project.

From Los Angeles Times

Australia continued to dominate and the opening try came five minutes later, this time through some patient forward play with Codey adding the finishing touch.

From BBC

But Riley isn’t the only one who feels those finishing touches underway.

From Los Angeles Times

Two years ago, Hamas was putting the finishing touches to its plan to attack Israel.

From BBC

"We were just putting the finishing touches on it. One more day and it would be finished. Four weeks of work... gone in half an hour."

From BBC

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