TOP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does top out mean? 

• TOP OUT (verb)
  The verb TOP OUT has 3 senses:

1. give up one's career just as one becomes very successful

2. provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

3. to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

  Familiarity information: TOP OUT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOP OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

top; top out

Context example:

the towers were topped with conical roofs

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:

To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

peak; top out

Context example:

Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million

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)