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The cement is forced down the inside of the casing, around the bottom of the casing, and then up the outside of the casing and into the annular space.

For the cement job to be good the cement has to “return to the surface”.  That is, the cement has to be pushed all the way up the annular space so it comes back level to the surface and completely fills the annular space.