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fill to the point of almost overflowing
She topped off the cup -
finish up or conclude
top the evening with champagne
They topped off their dinner with a cognac
How To Use top off In A Sentence
- It was one of the reasons we decided to stop offering it. Times, Sunday Times
- Now it seems that pressure from foreign diplomats and top officials could turn the tide.
- These accused have also admitted in their confession that top officials of the food and civil supplies department including the minister were involved in the racket.
- Whenever we go up there, we often stop off just to buy a half-dozen to take back to Canberra.
- Top offending foods identified were, in alphabetical order, barley, beef, chicken, lamb, potato, rice, soya and wheat.
- He was courted and wooed by the country's top officials.
- I'd stop off at Hebron and hire the local wanton and have her wash my feet first. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
- I kicked stones as I walked along, and decided to stop off at the servo near where I live to get some chocolate or something to eat.
- He flipped the top off the bottle and poured himself a drink.
- He was known to come home from work at his liquor store, stop off at a nearby field and pitch to both sides of a sandlot game.