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finishing touch

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finishing touch  
n.  A small change or addition that serves to complete something.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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finishing touch

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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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