put a finish on

It is not just footwear that you can treat to make it last longer: brands such as Polygiene use silver chloride technology, which is antimicrobial, to put a finish on fabrics.

"The ripples are beautiful when you flatten them out and put a finish on them," he says.

Jing!" he exclaimed, "it's the durndest thing to put a finish on a piece of po'try!

The tough-nerved yeoman, in his comment, put a finish on the business, and brought out the hideous idea in its full terror, as if he were removing the napkin from the face of a corpse.