to cap the climax

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers, says:


Several robberies were committed by them at Jalapa, but at Cautepec they robbed almost every house, and, to cap the climax of braggadocio with respect to his own prowess, says "he can whip his weight in wildcats."--Thorpe's Backwoods.

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