Word.ws English Dictionary

comes out on top

comes out on top is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come out on top.

Meaning of come out on top

Verb

come out on top (third-person singular simple present comes out on top, present participle coming out on top, simple past came out on top, past participle come out on top)

  1. To result victorious after a long period of struggle, competition, etc.
    • He ultimately came out on top after some initial loses in the first few electoral contests.

Questions about comes out on top

What is comes out on top the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Comes out on top is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come out on top.

Words near comes out on top in the dictionary

  1. comes out in the wash
  2. comes out of one's shell
  3. comes out of the broom closet
  4. comes out of the closet
  5. comes out of the woodwork
  6. comes out on top
  7. comes out swinging
  8. comes out with
  9. comes over
  10. comes right
  11. comes round

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: comes out on top (page history and authors); come out on top (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “comes out on top.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/comes_out_on_top. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.