topping off
Adding the last
Topping off means filling something to its maximum capacity, especially adding a final small amount to reach the brim: Let me top off your coffee.
Gas stations top off tanks.
The phrase also describes completing or finishing something: We topped off the evening with dessert.
In construction, topping off (or topping out) celebrates placing the final beam on a building's highest point.
- completingReaching the end of
- rounding outFinishing to fullness
- finalizingMaking something permanent
- finishingBringing to completion
- endingFinal portion of something
final touch · capping · conclusion · replenishing · filling up · gas tank · maximizing · filling · full to the brim · frosting · garnish · drizzle · refueling · culmination · cherry · glaze · terminate · cornerstone
- Gas station activitiespumping gas, paying, filling up, prepaying, swiping card
- gas stationsgas pump, fuel pumps, fuel pump, petrol pumps, petrol pump
- refueling actionspumping gas, filling up, charging, recharging, fueling
- Replenishingrestocking, refilling, reloading, refueling, resupply
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- winemakingwinery, winemaking, crushing, grapevines, grape vines
topping offemptying
Removing all contents
draining · depleting · pouring out · running dry · tapping
topping offstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · initiating · kicking off · abandoning · neglecting