cap the climax — {v. phr.} To exceed what is already a high point of achievement. * /Sam s piano recital was great, but Bill s performance capped the climax./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cap the climax — {v. phr.} To exceed what is already a high point of achievement. * /Sam s piano recital was great, but Bill s performance capped the climax./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Cap — Cap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Capping}.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Climax — Cli max, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to make to bend, to lean. See {Ladder}, {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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