Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To reach one's highest point.

    With her 390 V-8 spinning at redline, she tops out at 130 miles per hour.

    to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

  2. (intransitive)To quit one's career during a period of success.

  3. (intransitive)To complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.

  4. (intransitive)To complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.

Forms

tops out, topping out, topped out, topped out
Base formtop out · to top out
3rd person singulartops out
Present participletopping out
Past simpletopped out
Past participletopped out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytop out
he, she, ittops out

Past simpleLesson

all personstopped out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave topped out
he, she, ithas topped out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill top out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity:peak
  • provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure):top

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedtop-out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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