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topping oneself

topping oneself is the present participle and gerund 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 topping oneself

What is topping oneself the present participle and gerund of?
Topping oneself is the present participle and gerund of top oneself.

Words near topping oneself in the dictionary

  1. topping it off
  2. topping lift
  3. topping lifts
  4. topping off
  5. topping one's boom
  6. topping oneself
  7. topping out
  8. topping the charts
  9. topping up
  10. toppingly
  11. toppingness

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