top oneself

present singular third person tops oneself · participle present topping oneself · participle past topped oneself · past topped oneself

1. USidiomaticTo outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.

present singular third person tops oneself · participle present topping oneself · participle past topped oneself · past topped oneself

1. UKslangTo commit suicide.

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   But Mr Blunkett, in a remarkably frank admission, said his first thought on hearing about the 57-year-old's death was to celebrate. "You wake up and you receive a phone call - Shipman's topped himself. You have just got to think for a minute: is it too early to open a bottle? And then you discover that everybody's very upset that he's done it."

   2004 January 16, “Blunkett admits Shipman error”, in BBC News

   Synonyms: suicide, take one's own life