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单词 top off
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phrasal verb
If you top off an event or period with a particular thing, you end it in an especially satisfactory, dramatic, or annoying way by doing that thing.
He topped off his career with a gold medal. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
The evening was topped off by a special showing of the museum's new Degas exhibit. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
To top it all off one of the catering staff managed to slice their finger cuttingcheese. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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top off in British English

verb
(tr, adverb)
to finish or complete, esp with some decisive action
he topped off the affair by taking his own life

top off in American English

1. 
to complete by adding a finishing touch
2.  Informal
to fill to the top
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Examples of 'top off' in a sentence
top off

Cool and semi-detached, he prised the top off his bottle.
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)
Then I levered the top off the last bottle of Molson's in my refrigerator.
Tapply, William G THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
Jasmin leaned forward in her usual T-shirt and jeans and slurped the top off her over-full drink.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
Archer untied the knotted scarf and pulled the top off the box.
Isobel Bird CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 1: SO MOTE IT BE (2001)
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