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  1. tv.
    to surpass someone or something. : Can you top this one?
  2. tv.
    to kill someone. : Spike was gonna top Bart first.
  3. n.
    the first half of a baseball inning. : Wilbur hit a nice double-bagger in the top half of the fourth.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with top, also see at the top of one's lungs; big top; blow one's top; brass hat (top brass); from head to toe (top to toe); off the top of one's head; on top; on top of; on top of the world; over the top; sleep like a log (top); thin on top.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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