cap (something) off

to complete an experience in a particularly good or bad way.

We went to the beach, strolled around town, and capped off our visit with a fireworks display that evening.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form cap it all off:

There's been bad economic news all year, and to cap it all off, now oil prices are increasing.

Related vocabulary: to top it all off

• the man of your dreams
• the man on the Clapham omnibus
• the man on the street
• the matter in hand
• the meat and potatoes
• the men in grey suits
• the men in white coats
• the Midas touch
• the middle ground
• the milk of human kindness
• the mind boggles
• the mind boggles.
• the minute
• the minute back is turned
• the minute someone's back is turned
• the minute that
• the missionary position
• the moment of truth
• the more one thing happens the more
• the more one thing happens the more another thing happens
• the more the merrier
• the more the merrier.
• the more the more
• the more the more another thing happens
• the morning after