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cap it off

cap it off is the alternative form of cap it all off.

Meaning of cap it all off

Verb

cap it all off (third-person singular simple present caps it all off, present participle capping it all off, simple past and past participle capped it all off)

  1. (idiomatic, ironic, sometimes) To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.
    • We went for a walk along the beach, watched the sunset, and then capped it all off with a lovely meal.
  2. (idiomatic) To surpass or outdo something.

Forms of cap it off

third-person singular presentcaps it off
present participlecapping it off
past participlecapped it off
pastcapped it off

Questions about cap it off

What is cap it off the alternative form of?
Cap it off is the alternative form of cap it all off.

Words near cap it off in the dictionary

  1. Cap Haitien
  2. Cap Hill
  3. cap in hand
  4. cap it all
  5. cap it all off
  6. cap it off
  7. cap money
  8. cap nut
  9. cap nuts
  10. cap of liberty
  11. cap of maintenance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cap it off (page history and authors); cap it all off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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