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The moment everything you built finally pays off, or spectacularly doesn't.
means The highest or decisive point reached after a long process of buildup.
from From Latin culmen, the summit or rooftop ridge — astronomers borrowed it for when a star hits its highest point in the sky, and the word climbed down to mean any grand finale.
Star talkOriginally meant a celestial body crossing its peak.
Built-in arcImplies a buildup, not a sudden event.
Same rootShares ancestry with column, holding things up.