See Also: dare 1, verb, modal verb(dictionary)
rim 2, verb(dictionary)
tot 2, verb(dictionary)
dip 1, verb(dictionary)
din 2, verb(dictionary)
dim 2, verb(dictionary)
brief 3, verb(dictionary)
fog 2, verb(dictionary)
top 3, verb(dictionary)
know 1, verb(dictionary)

top 3, verb (oh)



3 past tense and past participle topped present participle topping
v [T]
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1 ?be higher?
2 ?be most successful?
3 ?do better?
4 top an offer/a bid etc
5 be topped by something
6 be topped (off) with something
7 to top it all
8 top that
9 top and tail
10 top yourself
11 ?reach the top?
Phrasal verbs
top something ¡û¡ú off
top out
top something/somebody ¡û¡ú up
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?BE HIGHER?
to be higher than a particular amount
::Their profits have reportedly topped ¡ê1,000,000 this year.
?BE MOST SUCCESSFUL?
to be in the highest position in a list because you are the most successful
::The Tower of London tops the list of London's most popular tourist attractions.
::the team that has topped the Premiership for the last three seasons
::In 1998 the group topped the charts with the song 'Don't Stop Loving Me'.
?DO BETTER?
if you top something, you do something that is better than it
::He topped his previous best performance, coming second in the 100 metres.
top an offer/a bid etc
to offer more money than someone else
::A rival company topped our offer by $5 million.
be topped by sth
to have something on top
::The roof was topped by a chimney.
::a hill topped by pine trees
be topped (off) with sth
if food is topped with something, it has that thing on it or over the top of it
::a strawberry tart topped with whipped cream
::The cake can be topped off with fresh fruit.
to top it all
spoken in addition to other bad things that have happened to you
::To top it all I lost my job.
top that
spoken used when you are asking someone if they have done something more exciting or successful than you
::Well, I've been asked to appear on a TV show later this year, so top that!
top and tail
BrE to cut the top and bottom off a piece of fruit or a vegetable
top yourself
BrE informal to kill yourself deliberately
?REACH THE TOP?
literary if you top a hill, you reach the top of it
::We topped the hill and looked down towards the valley below us.
top off [top sth ¡û¡ú off] phr v
to complete something successfully by doing one last thing
::Let's top off the evening with a drink.
top out phr v
if something such as a price that is increasing tops out, it reaches its highest point and stops rising
::Do you think interest rates have topped out now?
top up [top sth/sb ¡û¡ú up] phr v
to add more liquid to a container that is partly full
::I'll just top up the coffee pot.
to put more drink in someone's glass or cup after they have drunk some
::Can I top you up?
to increase the level of something slightly so as to bring it back to the level you want
::He had to do extra jobs at the weekend to top up his income.
-see also top-up