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top from the bottom

top from the bottom verb: to make demands while supposedly in a submissive role.

Verb

top from the bottom (third-person singular simple present tops from the bottom, present participle topping from the bottom, simple past and past participle topped from the bottom)

  1. To make demands while supposedly in a submissive role.
    • Aaron didn't appreciate being topped from the bottom, but Joey's voice was so rough Aaron didn't care who was running the show.2009, K. A. Mitchell, Collision Course, page 97
    • “Topping from the bottom is a very bad habit to get into. Perhaps this will break you of it.”2012, Cara Carnes, Passion's Training, page 71

Forms of top from the bottom

third-person singular presenttops from the bottom
present participletopping from the bottom
past participletopped from the bottom
pasttopped from the bottom

Questions about top from the bottom

What does top from the bottom mean?
Top from the bottom means to make demands while supposedly in a submissive role.
What part of speech is top from the bottom?
Top from the bottom is a verb.
What is the past tense of top from the bottom?
The past tense of top from the bottom is topped from the bottom.

Words near top from the bottom in the dictionary

  1. top feeds
  2. top fermentation
  3. top flight
  4. top flights
  5. top forty
  6. top from the bottom
  7. top fruit
  8. top fruits
  9. top fuel
  10. top fuels
  11. top gear

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