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Meanings of put the finishing in English

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Usage of put the finishing in English
1
Three winters in that northern climate had put the finishing touches on him.
Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories
2
The look put the finishing touch to what her silence implied.
The House of Mirth
3
That business last night just put the finishing touches on it.
Hill girl
4
Then I'll hand this over to Viola to put the finishing stitches in.
The Wishing-Ring Man
5
He will be able to put the finishing touches on it.
Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders; Or, The Underground Search for...
6
But Isabel put the finishing stroke by remarking with, a most superior smile:
Peggy Stewart at School
7
This quiet determination irritated Therese and put the finishing touch to her intoxication.
Theresa Raquin
8
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...
9
I was only seeking further information, to put the finishing touch.
The Idiot
10
Both had been helping him put the finishing touches to the harvest decorations.
Blood harvest
11
I'll put the finishing touches on your story of high finance.
The Poisoned Pen
12
Stillman has just put the finishing touches to the Damsels in Distress soundtrack.
The Irish Times
13
This friendship put the finishing touch upon the Butterfly Man's repute.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
14
The hand work is where I really put the finishing touches on the blade.
The new yorker
15
As the manicure put the finishing touch to her nails, Floss came rushing in:
Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
16
But this policy put the finishing hand to the internal corruption of the state.
An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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