finishing

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Their tackling has let them down on numerous occasions, and their finishing is as poor as that of the Lions.

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  1. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
  2. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.

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  1. the act of finishing
  2. a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)

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  • God knows I am tired of this kind of finishing, which is but bungling work; and that not so much my fault as the fault of my scurvy circumstances. —  Oliver Goldsmith
  • I've never been one to think in terms of calendar years starting / finishing -- rather I view new years just as I do new days or months, as simply a progression of time. —  Others Online Blog
  • Scunthorpe manager Nigel Adkins acknowledged the quality of Beckford's finishing, and recalled the five-month period he spent on loan at Glanford Park between January and May 2007 when he scored eight goals in 18 appearances to help the Iron to promotion.
  • The finishing was a night time Christmas special show with Sea World's flagship killer whale, Shamu. —  a bengali in TO
  • The Falcons worked Tuesday on "finishing" - hockey talk for putting the puck in the net. —  Reader - MassLive.com
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