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on top
a. on top.
(a) Also at (or †in) top: at the highest point, or on the uppermost part or surface.
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OE Prudentius Glosses (Corpus Cambr. 223) in Anglia (1979) 97 39 In altum : on top.
1502 Descrypcyon of Englonde sig. Civ/2 in Cronycle of Englonde (new ed.) These hylles on top [perhaps read on cop; a1387 J. Trevisa tr. in þe cop, 1480 Caxton on coppe] beres Two grete fysshe weares.
1600 J. Taverner Certaine Exper. conc. Fish & Fruite 35 Many couet to haue their trees sixe or seuen foote high before they branch out in top.
1645 D. Papillon Pract. Abstr. Fortification & Assailing vi. 16 The top of the Brest-work is..alwayes twenty foot broad at top to be of Cannon-proof.
1669 J. Glanvill Let. 16 June in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1969) VI. 51 In ye summer the Baths purge up a green scumm on top.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 125 The magistrates use the figure of the front of this building for a seal to the waters, they export,..with this inscription, at top, Spa, underneath Pouhon.
1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob (1891) 77 A Pompadour stick with a big silver knob on top.
1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 113/2 Accordion-like plaits that are narrow at top and wider at the bottom.
2005 Food & Trav. Feb. 43/2 Fill both glasses with ice, pour half the vodka in each, then add the Kahlua... Place the ice cream on top.
(b) On the upper part of the head.Chiefly with reference to baldness in men, e.g. in thin on top.
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1836 U.S. Tel. (Washington City) 2 Aug. He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, 40 to 45 years of age, reddish hair very thin on top.
1916 W. Lewis in Egoist Apr. 62/1 His face was very dark and slick, bald on top, pettily bearded, rather unnecessarily handsome.
1981 B. Cleary Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1988) viii. 146 ‘Daddy, you're getting thin on top!’ she cried out, shocked.
1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Sports section) 6 A ‘whitewall’ cut..leaves short hair on top but none around the sides.
2000 N. Barr Deep South (2001) ix. 159 His hair was thinning on top, a circle reminiscent of a monk's tonsure.
(c) In a leading or dominant position. Frequently in to come out on top: to come out of a situation in a dominant or winning position; to win.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adverb] > supreme or dominant
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1879 Southern Law Jrnl. Apr. 174 The Communist, Kearney, is preaching a crusade against the profession, and the worst charge that he can find to bring against them is, that ‘the lawyers are always on top.’
1886 Rep. Select Comm. Interstate Commerce 1197 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (49th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Rep. 46, Pt. 2) III. It is enough for us to have to fight the Chicago market...If a man can do that and come out on top, he is pretty smart.
1977 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 3 Oct. 17 The President now faces a mass of other problems. His strategy: Move fast, tighten up, get back on top.
1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. viii. 8/5 The BBC say it is a question of getting out while you are on top.
2009 Halesowen News (Nexis) 26 Mar. The U16 girls met Perrywoods from the Central Warwick League in a friendly match and came out on top 2-0.
(d) In addition.
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1923 Western Times (Exeter) 3 Aug. 11/3 They wanted pretty considerable negotiation fees on top.
1995 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 7 Mar. 6 There was bad weather, drought, and everything else on top.
1999 Financial Times 9 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. XX/2 Plenty of studios in Chelsea sell for around £120,000 with a service charge on top.
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