From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishto top it allto top it allspokenAND/ALSO in addition to other bad things that have happened to you To top it all I lost my job. → topExamples from the Corpusto top it all• And, to top it all, Holder's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family.• And to top it all, it has pledged to maintain high employment and an annual economic growth rate of 1.9 percent.• And to top it all off, he was gorgeous.• And to top it all, there were tax cuts too.• Then to top it all, two of Mary's friends squeezed in with several more parcels.• As if to top it all, we had a small fire at the clinic.• It was the Stones' daunting task, well after midnight, to top it all with a half-dozen songs.
1 acme, apex, apogee, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, high point, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, vertex, zenith
2 cap, cork, cover, lid, stopper
3 first place, head, highest rank, lead
4 blow one's top [informal] blow up [informal] do one's nut [Brit. slang] explode, fly into a temper, fly off the handle [informal] go spare [Brit. slang] have a fit [informal] lose one's temper, see red [informal] throw a tantrum
5 over the top a bit much [informal] excessive, going too far, immoderate, inordinate, over the limit, too much, uncalled-for
adj
6 best, chief, crack [informal] crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, finest, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, pre-eminent, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, topmost, upper, uppermost
vb
7 cap, cover, crown, finish, garnish, roof, tip
8 ascend, climb, crest, reach the top of, scale, surmount
9 be first, be in charge of, command, head, lead, rule
10 beat, best, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outshine, outstrip, surpass, transcend
Antonyms
, n
1 base, bottom, foot, nadir, underneath, underside
adj amateurish, bottom, incompetent, inept, inferior, least, lower, lowest, second-rate, unknown, unranked, worst
vb
10 fail to equal, fall short of, not be as good as
top up
add to, augment, boost, enhance, fill out or up, supplement
- all bets are off exp. expression meaning that a situation is no longer certain or predictable and that anything can happen
originating from horse racing where "all bets are off" indicated that bets already made were null due to various unpredicted factors
- top that! exp. You say 'top that!' when you have achieved something and you want to challenge other people to do better
I know four celebrities - top that!
- hit it off [with someone] exp. get well with someone from the very beginning of the relationship
used when referring to romantic relationship, but also in a larger meaning: He hit it off with his teacher; he will continue taking classes with her.
- muffin top exp. informal term used to describe the flab in the abdominal area rolling over tight clothes
from the resemblance with a muffin whose top exceeds the margins of the paper it is baked in
- pop off exp. telling someone to fight you."do sth !"
- live off v. to depend on something or on someone to cover the basic expenses
E.g.: He lived off the money he inherited from his father while he had been working as a volunteer.
- wave off v. wave hand as a sign of rejection, disapproval or lack of interest
- it hit me exp. it occurred to me, I suddenly thought of it, I had an idea all of a sudden
E.g: I wondered all day long how to solve this problem and it suddenly hit me...I had to talk to Marry.
- live off the grid exp. live without being connected to one of more public utilities [such as water, electric power]
- flaws and all adv. in spite of the flaws/minuses/disadvantages; with goods and bads; with minuses and pluses
love / accept smb. flaws and all = love /accept smb. as he/she is, with qualities and flaws.
- it is what it is exp. means "that's just the way it is"
c'est comme ça, point barre
- it has a ring to it exp. it sounds interesting or attractive
- green IT n. new trend in computing to take into account the environmental aspect when designing IT systems.
- up for it exp. "to be up for it" means to be willing to participate
she's really up for it: elle est partante
- LMFAO exp. laughing my fucking ass off
- favorite adj. liked best of all
Example Sentence: Reverso is my newest favorite online dictionary so I have shared it with my EAL students in the high school.
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