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toponarcosis, toponym, toponymy, topos, topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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(intransitive) To reach one's highest point.
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(intransitive) To quit one's career while at a successful time.
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To complete construction of a tall building.
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Definitions of top out
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verb
to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity“Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million”
synonyms: peak -
verb
give up one's career just as one becomes very successful“The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out”
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verb
provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)synonyms: top
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