capping off
Bringing to close
Capping off means concluding or completing something, typically in a satisfying or fitting way: We capped off the evening with champagne, A promotion capped off her best year yet.
The image is of putting a cap on top—sealing or finishing.
The phrase often suggests a culminating event that crowns what came before.
- sealingMaking impermeable
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- commemoratingFormally remembering something significant
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- finishingBringing to completion
ending · culmination · grand finale · honoring · finalization · topping · final touch · celebrating · resolution · termination · wrapping up · tying up loose ends · rounding out · signifying · shutting · marking · covering · plugging
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
capping offkicking off
Starting or launching
beginning · opening · leading off · commencing · launching
capping offstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · initiating · launching · setting in motion · breaking ground
capping offcontinuing
Going on without stopping
carrying on · extending · prolonging · perpetuating · keeping going
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