top off

[top off] {v.}

To come or bring to a special or unexpected ending; climax.

* /John batted three runs and topped off the game with a home run./

* /Mary hadn't finished her homework, she was late to school, and to top it all off she missed a surprise test./

* /George had steak for dinner and topped it off with a fudge sundae./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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