to top it (all) off

(also topping it (all) off)

Definition

› to add something else unusually good or bad to a situation that is already unusual: Topping it all off, they found themselves locked out of their own house.

(Definition of to top it (all) off from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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to the bitter end idiom
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to top it (all) off idiom
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