something that is added to ensure that something else is made complete
a minor change that completes something else or makes it perfect
the last elements finishing a work
final touch ups enhancing or ending a work
final touch
Mike was sure he would ace the auditions as he put finishing touches on his performance.
Pamela put the final touches on the bride’s makeup and stepped back to admire his handwork.
As a professional artist, you must put final touches on every work before it can be exhibited.
The poem was almost perfect; all that it needed were some finishing touches to make it so.
Amanda went around adjusting oil paintings and putting finishing touches on some canvasses before her first art exhibition.
Anderson is such a perfectionist. He never ceases to put finishing touches to every food before serving it.
There is no origin for this idiom
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