on top
See also: ontop
English
Pronunciation
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Adverb
on top (not comparable)
- (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[1]:
- For the second match in a row, Arsenal went into the break completely on top and untroubled.
Usage notes
- May function as a predicate.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “on top”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “top”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.