on top

Idioms  

1. In a dominant or successful position. It is also put as come out on top, as in As we expected, Paul again came out on top in the chess tournament. [Mid-1500s] Also see on top of.

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Example Sentences

And, through it all, she’s managed to come out on top, not just because she’s a nepo baby or because she’s rich, but because she’s happily weathered the storm.

From Salon

My standard breakfast for the vast majority of my career was, I would get three eggs, two sausage links, breakfast potatoes, a bagel, cream cheese, honey on the bagel, and I would pour hot sauce on top of those eggs.

From The Wall Street Journal

If I’m already kind of nervous about something, and then I have coffee on top of it, it usually just makes my anxiety worse.

From The Wall Street Journal

But, Streeting said, the BMA is "demanding an extra 26% on top of what we've already given".

From BBC

That came on top of news that Oracle will take a 15 percent stake in a TikTok joint venture that will allow the social media company to maintain operations in the United States.

From Barron's

Related Words

• celebratory
• elated
• exultant
• glorious
• happy
• jubilant
• proud
• triumphal
• victorious