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Meanings of finishing touch in English

Portuguese
toque final
Spanish
piedra de toque

A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination.

        toque final
        Usage of finishing touch in English
        1
        This sight put a finishing touch to the excitement of the Moranges.
        Fruitfulness
        2
        Their savory flavor often is the finishing touch to your favorite meal.
        Canning & preserving for dummies 2nd edition
        3
        All that was missing was the finishing touch from their leading marksman.
        BBC
        4
        The finishing touch was adding the crystal cluster and gel top coat.
        Ebony
        5
        I will help you perfect the thing, and give it the finishing touch.
        A Word, Only a Word — Volume 03
        6
        That is the finishing touch on the happiness of a woman.
        The McNaughtens
        7
        This information gave a finishing touch to the consternation of the yellow drawing-room.
        The Fortune of the Rougons
        8
        The look put the finishing touch to what her silence implied.
        The House of Mirth
        9
        When planting is completed, give the bed a finishing touch with the rake.
        The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
        10
        This quiet determination irritated Therese and put the finishing touch to her intoxication.
        Theresa Raquin
        11
        The concert in Hafnarfjördur was the finishing touch to that work.
        Voices
        12
        He was now to put the finishing touch to his work of mischief.
        Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
        13
        Tomorrow morning we can put a finishing touch to the work.
        Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
        14
        He has ordered the sea voyage as a finishing touch to my cure.
        Simon the Jester
        15
        I was only seeking further information, to put the finishing touch.
        The Idiot
        16
        Just a finishing touch here and there, and all is ended.
        Molly Bawn
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        Translations for finishing touch
        Portuguese
        toque final
        Finishing touch through the time
        Finishing touch across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common