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top oneself en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”).

Meanings

  1. (US, idiomatic) To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.

Forms

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topping oneself Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
topped oneself Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
topped oneself Tense=Past lexicographic
tops oneself Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

top oneself en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From top (“to kill”) (UK).

Meanings

  1. (UK, slang) To commit suicide.
    • But Mr Blunkett, in a remarkably frank admission, said his first thought on hearing about the 57-year-old's death was to celebrate. "You wake up and you receive a phone call - Shipman's topped himself. You have just got to think for a minute: is it too early to open a bottle? And then you discover that everybody's very upset that he's done it." 2004 January 16, “Blunkett admits Shipman error”, in BBC News:

Forms

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topped oneself Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
topped oneself Tense=Past lexicographic
topping oneself Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tops oneself Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

suicide · take one's own life