"top off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tops off [present, singular, third-person], topping off [participle, present], topped off [participle, past], topped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} top off (third-person singular simple present tops off, present participle topping off, simple past and past participle topped off)
  1. (US) To fill or refill the final portion of something that is not empty, until it is completely full. Tags: US Translations ((US) to fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty): auffüllen (German), nachfüllen (German), nachschenken (German), дозаряжать (dozarjažatʹ) (Russian), дозаправлять (dozapravljatʹ) (Russian), дозаряджа́ти (dozarjadžáty) (Ukrainian), дозапра́вити (dozaprávyty) (Ukrainian), заправля́ти (zapravljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запра́вити (zaprávyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-top_off-en-verb-DimxbkXv Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of '(US) to fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty': 98 2
  2. To complete, to put the finishing touch to (something). Translations (to complete, to put the finishing touch to (something)): abrunden (German), vollenden (German), krönen (German), schließen (German), abschließen (German), заверша́ть (zaveršátʹ) (Russian), увенчивать (uvenčivatʹ) (Russian), заве́ршувати (zavéršuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-top_off-en-verb-HpSsdjFS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 30 70 Disambiguation of 'to complete, to put the finishing touch to (something)': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: top it all off, top up, topper-offer

Inflected forms

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