Finishing touch meaning in English

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Definition

to put the finishing touches on something: to finalize or to perfect something, to add the last little changes to something idiom

I just have to put the finishing touches on the painting. It's almost done.

Examples

"I've just put the finishing touches on the biannual finance report!"
"Susie : Yes, I was on holiday, and then I was putting the finishing touches on the Bümbüm deal in Hollywood."

Exercise 1

"I was putting the finishing touches on the Bümbüm deal...".
This means:

Susie was preparing the final details of the Bümbüm deal.

Susie was reviewing the Bümbüm deal.

Susie was canceling the Bümbüm deal.

Susie was smoothing out some problems with the Bümbüm deal.

I don't know

"I was putting the finishing touches on the Bümbüm deal...".
This means:

Susie was preparing the final details of the Bümbüm deal.

This is the best choice. The expression "putting the finishing touches on the deal" expresses that Susie was handling the last or final aspects of the deal before closing it.

Susie was reviewing the Bümbüm deal.

This is not the best choice. To "review (a document)" means to "go over" or "re-examine" it. Susie was actually completing the deal, not reviewing it, however.

Susie was canceling the Bümbüm deal.

This is not the best choice. Susie says that she was "putting the finishing touches" on the deal which expresses a different meaning than "canceling" the deal, which would indicate that Susie "nullified" the deal, rather than completing it.

Susie was smoothing out some problems with the Bümbüm deal.

This is not the best choice. The expression to "smooth out (a problem)" means "to fix" or "work out" small problems. Susie was actually completing the deal, not "fixing" it, however.

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