| VERB | social | top out | give up one's career just as one becomes very successful |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | top out, top | provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | |
| motion | top out, peak | to reach the highest point |
| Meaning | Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | leave office, quit, step down, resign | Give up or retire from a position |
| Meaning | Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | top | |
| Broader | supply, provide, render, furnish | Give something useful or necessary to |
| Meaning | To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | peak | |
| Entails | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Narrower | crest | reach a high point |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| Opposite | bottom out | reach the low point |
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