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topped oneself

topped oneself is the simple past and past participle of top oneself.

Meaning of top oneself

Verb (1)

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

  1. (US, idiomatic) To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.

Verb (2)

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

  1. (UK, slang) To commit suicide.
    • But Mr Blunkett, in a remarkably frank admission, said his first thought on hearing about the 57-year-old's death was to celebrate. "You wake up and you receive a phone call - Shipman's topped himself. You have just got to think for a minute: is it too early to open a bottle? And then you discover...2004 January 16, “Blunkett admits Shipman error”, in BBC News

Questions about topped oneself

What is topped oneself the simple past and past participle of?
Topped oneself is the simple past and past participle of top oneself.

Words near topped oneself in the dictionary

  1. topped from the bottom
  2. topped it all
  3. topped it off
  4. topped off
  5. topped one's boom
  6. topped oneself
  7. topped out
  8. topped the charts
  9. topped up
  10. topper
  11. topper-offer

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