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top out

top out verb: to reach one's highest point.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To reach one's highest point.
    • With her 390 V-8 spinning at redline, she tops out at 130 miles per hour.
    Synonyms:
    max out, peak
  2. (intransitive) To quit one's career during a period of success.
  3. (intransitive) To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
  4. (intransitive) To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.
    Synonyms:
    crest, summit

Synonyms of top out

All synonyms of top out

Forms of top out

third-person singular presenttops out
present participletopping out
past participletopped out
pasttopped out

Words formed from top out

Questions about top out

What does top out mean?
Top out means to reach one's highest point.
What part of speech is top out?
Top out is a verb.
What is the past tense of top out?
The past tense of top out is topped out.

Words near top out in the dictionary

  1. top off
  2. top one's boom
  3. top oneself
  4. top order
  5. top orders
  6. top out
  7. top pair
  8. top pairs
  9. top piece
  10. top pieces
  11. top priorities

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