top out
phrasal verb
topped out; topping out; tops out
: to reach the highest amount or level and stop increasing
—often + at
Interest rates are expected to top out at 15 percent.
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Subscriptions topped out at $12,700 before the offering petered out.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
This laptop is a powerhouse system, topping out with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2025
Both of these species top out at around 30 feet in Southern California.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025
This dwarf fruit tree tops out at 8 to 10 feet tall, making harvesting and pruning this cherry variety easier.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2025
This laptop is a powerhouse system, topping out with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU.
—Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2025
Both of these species top out at around 30 feet in Southern California.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 22 Mar. 2025
This dwarf fruit tree tops out at 8 to 10 feet tall, making harvesting and pruning this cherry variety easier.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Top out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20out. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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