From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput/add the finishing touches (to something)put/add the finishing touches (to something)FINISH DOING somethingto add the final details that make your work complete The band are putting the finishing touches to their new album. → finish
Examples from the Corpus
put/add the finishing touches (to something)• Barry returned the next day to add the finishing touches.• Its warmth and richness will add the finishing touches that are all important to the dress of your dreams.• With most members of the task force now dismissed, Mr Magaziner is putting the finishing touches to his report.• The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture, the better the result will be.• The birds whose selective predation put the finishing touches to their evolution must, at least collectively, have had excellently good vision.• The band are currently putting the finishing touches to their third album, which should be out early in the summer.• We can put the finishing touches to your programme. 