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tops oneself

tops oneself is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tops oneself

What is tops oneself the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tops oneself is the third-person singular simple present indicative of top oneself.

Words near tops oneself in the dictionary

  1. tops it off
  2. tops of the hour
  3. tops of the hours
  4. tops off
  5. tops one's boom
  6. tops oneself
  7. tops out
  8. tops the charts
  9. tops up
  10. tops'l
  11. tops'ls

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