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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"
2. Verb. Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure). "The towers were topped with conical roofs"
3. Verb. To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity. "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
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
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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