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at the top of the pile

at the top of the pile prepositional phrase: in the position of highest authority.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) In the position of highest authority.

Questions about at the top of the pile

What does at the top of the pile mean?
At the top of the pile means in the position of highest authority.
What part of speech is at the top of the pile?
At the top of the pile is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at the top of the pile in the dictionary

  1. at the top of one's bent
  2. at the top of one's game
  3. at the top of one's lungs
  4. at the top of one's voice
  5. at the top of the heap
  6. at the top of the pile
  7. at the top of the tree
  8. at the very least
  9. at the very most
  10. at the wheel
  11. at the whim of

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