This has been a hard year for Michael Douglas. In the spring his son was arrested on drug charges, and now the actor has announced that he has throat cancer. But Douglas thinks the year will end better than it began. 2010 will be topped off with the release of his new movie,Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. In other words, the year will finish with something positive.
When you top something off, you finish or conclude it. Imagine a suitcase that is almost completely full of clothes. When you put one last shirt on top of the rest, you finish filling the suitcase. You top off your packing, or complete it.
It’s common to use the expression top off in relation to filling your car up with gas. When your tank is nearly completely full, and you shake those last few drops of gas out of the pump, you top off your tank.
How would you like to top off 2010?
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