单词 | top out |
释义 | top outSEE SYNONYMS FOR top out ON THESAURUS.COM verb(adverb) to place the highest stone on (a building) or perform a ceremony on this occasion Words nearby top outtoponarcosis, toponym, toponymy, topos, topotype, top out, topper, toppie, topping, topping lift, topple Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with top outtop out Complete the top portion of a building, as in They were scheduled to top out the dome next week. This idiom was first recorded in 1834. Fill up a ship or complete its cargo, as in The ship was topped out with scrap iron. This idiom was first recorded in 1940. Cease rising, as in Interest rates topped out at 10 percent. [Second half of 1900s] Retire just as one becomes very successful, as in He decided that at sixty it was time to top out. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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