top out : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: top out	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for top out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
top out v give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure); "the towers were topped with conical roofs" Synonym(s): top, top out to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" Synonym(s): top out, peak Antonym(s): bottom out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Top out \Top out\ (Building) To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a {top`ping-out" course}).