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TOP OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
Example:
Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million
Synonyms:
peak; top out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "top out" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
"Top out" entails doing...:
arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "top out"):
crest (reach a high point)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
bottom out (reach the low point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
Example:
the towers were topped with conical roofs
Synonyms:
top; top out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "top out" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
Example:
The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "top out" is one way to...):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
