cap (off)

verb

Definition of cap (off)next
as in to finish
to bring to a triumphant conclusion capped off the baseball season with 10-0 shutout

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  1. finish
  2. crown
  3. complete
  4. conclude
  5. culminate
Verb
  • The 49ers finished 6-10 in a nightmarish COVID year. 2019: Week 4, 10-3.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The Indians finished 0-10 overall, including 0-5 in the Lambda League, this past season.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of finish
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  • James took home the MVP honor of the men's basketball games, crowning him as the best player in the tournament.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Eight team champions crowned Of the eight team champions, Class 4A featured two new team victors in the Timnath girls and Thompson Valley boys.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of crown
Verb
  • Creators will have to complete a questionnaire for each project in advance so that Roblox can ensure proper categorization.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Election workers have never completed ballot counting on Election Day at any point in the country's history.
    Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of complete
Verb
  • As first reported by the Associated Press, their discovery concludes a decades-long mystery about their whereabouts while highlighting numerous stories previously lost to history.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In a classified assessment prepared in early October, U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia, which favors Donald Trump, and Iran, which prefers Kamala Harris, were both plotting covert propaganda campaigns to sow post-election discord over the vote counting.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of conclude
Verb
  • Trending on Billboard In a statement posted to social media on Nov. 4, Lambesis reflected on the internal issues that culminated in the band’s dissolution.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election culminated, of course, with the January 6, 2021, pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol.
    WIRED, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of culminate
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