caps off

Brings to completion

Caps off means to conclude or complete something with a finishing touch, often something memorable or fitting: We capped off the evening with champagne, A goal in the final minute capped off an incredible season.

The image is of putting a cap on a container—sealing it, making it complete.

Related

crowning moment · denouement · honor · acknowledge · swan song · dislodge · wrap-up · finishing touch · closure · last hurrah · final bow · open · conclusion · remove · celebrate · epilogue · decapitalize · unveil

Opposites
sequence/culmination

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Initiates or commences

begins · initiates · launches · opens · leads off

completion action

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Brings into contact

interrupts

CONTAINER ACTION (literal)

caps offseals

Aquatic whiskered mammals

closes · covers · secures · fastens

Family

cap, caps, off, capped, capping, uncap, uncapped, cape, escape

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G