top out

verb

To reach one's highest point.

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

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max outpeakquit while one is aheadcrestsummittop
Opposite
bottom out
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Meanings

verbtop out (third-person singular simple present tops out, present participle topping out, simple past and past participle topped out)

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

  1. intransitiveTo reach one's highest point.

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

    Synonyms: max out, peak

  2. intransitiveTo quit one's career during a period of success.

    Synonyms: quit while one is ahead

  3. intransitiveTo complete the construction of a tall building, originally by putting on a "topping-out" course.
  4. intransitiveclimbingTo complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.

    Synonyms: crest, summit

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo reach one's highest point.

Similar
max outpeak

verbTo quit one's career during a period of success.

Similar
quit while one is ahead

verbTo complete a route by reaching and climbing over its top.

Similar
crestsummit

More synonyms by meaning

verbprovide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

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top
Broader
supplyproviderender

verbto reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

Similar
peak
Opposite
bottom out
Broader
reachmakeattain
Also see
max outpeaktop

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

top out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20out

MLA

“top out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “top out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/top%20out.

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