finishing

Verb

Present participle of finish.

Noun

(plural finishings)

the act of completing something
(soccer) shooting ability
That guy's a slow and lazy player, but he's got excellent finishing
The final work upon or ornamentation of a thing; finish.

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The police arrived as they were finishing supper.
He entered Harvard in 1882 but left after three years without finishing his course.
"That's all I need is your father finishing me off," he muttered.
On the sides of the cake, she drew the Toyota emblem, finishing up with some scrolls.
He turned on some music with weak intentions of continuing his sheriff reading but instead just sat there, finishing the last of the merlot.

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