English Reference

Idiom

cap it all off

Meaning

To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“We had a great dinner and, to cap it all off, ate cake.”

“After a long day of meetings, she missed her train, and to cap it all off, it started raining.”

“The team won the championship, and to cap it all off, their captain received the award for the most valuable player.”

Examples

simple

“We had a great dinner and, to cap it all off, ate cake.”

contextual

“After a long day of meetings, she missed her train, and to cap it all off, it started raining.”

complex

“The team won the championship, and to cap it all off, their captain received the award for the most valuable player.”

Key words

cap

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