on top

See also: ontop

English

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Adverb

on top (not comparable)

1. On the highest point or surface.

   Stand on top and look down.

   A cake with cream on top.

2. (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

• May function as a predicate.

Derived terms

• cherry on top
• on top of
• pretty please with a cherry on top
• put the bottom rail on top

 

Further reading

• “on top”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “top”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.