finishing touch

noun

: the last thing done to make something complete

added candles to the cake as the finishing touch

—usually plural

They're putting the finishing touches on their new home.

He's putting the finishing touches on his latest novel.

Examples of finishing touch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By the time Rasmus Dahlin’s empty-net goal hit the back of the net to complete his hat trick and put the finishing touch on Buffalo’s 7-4 lead, there weren’t enough Leafs fans left in the building to boo. —Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026

Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title. —Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026

Scarf Winter’s finishing touch. —Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026

The coordinating bow adds a finishing touch, plus there's a hook for hanging. —Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for finishing touch

• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• much
• mutch
• such
• insomuch
• overmuch
• nonesuch
• retouch