on top
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See also: ontop
English
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Adverb
[edit]on top (not comparable)
- On the highest point or surface.
- Stand on top and look down.
- A cake with cream on top.
- (idiomatic) In a dominant position.
- At the end of the season, Manchester United came out on top.
- 2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- For the second match in a row, Arsenal went into the break completely on top and untroubled.
Usage notes
[edit]- May function as a predicate.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “on top”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “top”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.