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Red lips and fragrance always top off an outfit for me.
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Meaning of "top off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOP OFF

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOP OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Top off is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TOP OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of top off in the English dictionary

The definition of top off in the dictionary is to finish or complete, esp with some decisive action.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOP OFF

top dollar
top drawer
top dressing
top end
top floor
top gear
top hand
top hat
top kill
top management
top out
top round
top secret
top security
top slicing
top ten
top thirty
top twenty
top up
top whack

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOP OFF

better off
bump off
cop off
cut off
damp off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
keep off
kick off
on and off
pop off
rip off
show off
skip off
sleep off
stop off
take off
turn off

Synonyms and antonyms of top off in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «top off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOP OFF

Find out the translation of top off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of top off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «top off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顶过
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rematar
570 millions of speakers

English

top off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعلى قبالة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

завершить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coroar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শীর্ষে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couronner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Top off
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abrunden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

締めくくる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 맨 위로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ndhuwur mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் ஆஃப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शीर्षस्थानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üstü kapalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

concludere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wykańczać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

завершити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

top off
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

top off
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bo af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

top off
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avrunde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of top off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP OFF»

The term «top off» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOP OFF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about top off

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2 QUOTES WITH «TOP OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word top off.
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Christina Aguilera
Red lips and fragrance always top off an outfit for me.
2
Paul Keating
I used to say in the cabinet room, 'confidence is not like a can of Popeye spinach - you can't take the top off and swallow it down.' You know, confidence has to be earned.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOP OFF»

Discover the use of top off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to top off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Digging the Top Off, and Other Stories
Emma Hildreth Adams. because, as she daily affirmed, " there is no snap in him." Captolia, herself, was all snap. " Many things from which the top needs to be dug off," soliloquized Joe, after Captolia had closed the door with a snap, " and I 'm ...
Emma Hildreth Adams, 1887
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Survey English Dialects
... chop, chop off, chop the spurns and tops off, chop the tops and tails off, clean, clean and top , clean off, cut, cut off, cut the green off and cut the root off, cut the swedes off, cut the top and bottom off, cut the top off, cut the tops and roots off, ...
Michael V. Barry, 2013
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Survey of English Dialects: The Dictionary and Grammar
... top off, cut the tops and roots off, cut the tops and tails off, dock, dress, fash, head and tail, knock the top off and the tail, loop, lop, more and top, pull, pull swedes, root and shaw, root and top, shaw, slash the muck off, slike, snag, sned, snip, ...
Clive Upton, David Parry, John David Allison Widdowson, 1994
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... a cutter located near the ground for cutting the bottoms of the canes, a cutter spaced above the first cutter and adapted to cut the top off the canes, means dependent upon the resiliency of the canes for automatically presenting a substantially ...
‎1907
5
American Motorcyclist
Awards for top clubs are given in three categories: Top Road Club, Top Off-road Cluband Top Combined Club. Promoters are recognized in two categories: Top Road Promoter and Top Off-road Promoter. The AMA congratulates the following  ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
*verb (-pp-) HIGHEST PART© 1 © [T] (also top off) to be on the upper surface of something, especially as a decoration: The dessert was topped off with cream and pieces of fruit, most important© 2 © [T] to be the most important, most successful ...
‎2008
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The Bulletin of Pharmacy
Cut a peach in two, place the halves a little distance apart on a fancy plate, and between them put a spoonful each of vanilla and strawberry ice cream. Over all pour a ladleful of crushed peaches and top off with whipped cream and a cherry.
‎1915
8
Government-Sponsored Health Insurance in India: Are You Covered?
A fee-forservice payment mechanism for this outpatient product is not recommended because it could lead to significant moral hazard and cost containment issues. Fully Subsidized State-Financed Top-Off Package States, of their own volition, ...
Gerard La Forgia, Somil Nagpal, 2012
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Basketball-3rd Edition: Steps to Success
In this drill, you will practice two moves off a drive from the top off the pinch post: ( 1) a drive off the pinch post for a jump shot and (2) a reverse dribble off the pinch post for a jump shot. You will practice each move on a drive off the offensive ...
Hal Wissel, 2011
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
Opposite the bottom of the ladder at bottom (the) top of the line the very best of something ♢ The four acts for the opening of the jazz festival were all top of the line. top off sth, also top sth off 1 to add enough liquid to make a container full ...
Paul Heacock, 2003

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