English verb: top out | |||
1. | top out (social) give up one's career just as one becomes very successful | ||
Samples | The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leave office, quit, resign, step down | ||
2. | top out (possession) provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | ||
Samples | The towers were topped with conical roofs. | ||
Synonyms | top | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
3. | top out (motion) to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity | ||
Samples | That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929. Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million. | ||
Synonyms | peak | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | crest | ||
Entail | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
Antonyms | bottom out | ||