on top

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.

Example Sentences

The group have many stories about their involvement with the song, including not being allowed to go on Top of the Pops with Siffre due to a "strict bishop" and having to wear "awful BBC Two blouses" when they did appear on BBC daytime television.

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But Ms Brown said despite the success of the song, they were not allowed to go on Top of the Pops.

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"It was on Top of the Pops but we couldn't go - our strict bishop said no," she said.

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It’s hard to wave a red flag over someone who keeps on top of their credit-card debt.

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Some, who climbed on top of one partially destroyed market, tossed food and bottles of water down below, where people gathered with arms outstretched.

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Related Words

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