Tops out meaning

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climax, crest, culminate, come to a head

• “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

• And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

  Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

• Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne

• Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

  Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay

• The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

• Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

  Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum

Complete the top portion of a building, as in They were scheduled to top out the dome next week. This idiom was first recorded in 1834.

Fill up a ship or complete its cargo, as in The ship was topped out with scrap iron. This idiom was first recorded in 1940.

Cease rising, as in Interest rates topped out at 10 percent. [Second half of 1900s]

Retire just as one becomes very successful, as in He decided that at sixty it was time to top out. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]