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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 | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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