Definition of Top out

1. Verb. Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful. "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"

Generic synonyms: Leave Office, Quit, Resign, Step Down

2. Verb. Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure). "The towers were topped with conical roofs"
Exact synonyms: Top
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Top, Topper

3. Verb. To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity. "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
Exact synonyms: Peak
Entails: Arise, Come Up, Go Up, Lift, Move Up, Rise, Uprise
Specialized synonyms: Crest
Generic synonyms: Arrive At, Attain, Gain, Hit, Make, Reach
Derivative terms: Peak, Peak
Antonyms: Bottom Out

Definition of Top out

1. Verb. (intransitive) to reach one's highest point ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) to quit one's career while at a successful time. ¹

3. Verb. to complete construction of a tall building ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Top Out

top line
top lines
top notch
top of mind
top of mind awarenesses
top of the hour
top of the inning
top of the line
top of the morning
top of the shop
top off
top oneself
top onion
top order
top out (current term)
top priority
top quark
top quarks
top round
top scorer
top secret
top seed
top sheet
top side
top spot
top tier
top tiers
top totty

Literary usage of Top out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. De Bow's Review by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1859)
"I cannot, therefore, consider the constant failure of the sugar cane to top out and bear seed, in the Southern States, in any other light than that of a ..."

2. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1906)
"We screen our top out of that and use the rest for base, and we find that in mixing a 1 to 6 base we have no cracks at all and a 1 to 1^2 top. ..."

3. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"As the car ascended the hill, Sherman could see a crowd in the street near the top, out in front of the limestone building. Cars were squeezing over in ..."

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