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Idioms and Phrases
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
Some of the mounds of debris have Hezbollah flags planted on top of them, while large and small portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, the former Hezbollah leader killed by Israel during the war, line the roads.
Last month, Sir Keir Starmer announced a £1.6bn missile deal for Ukraine, following a summit of European leaders in London, on top of a £2.2bn loan to provide more military aid backed by profits from frozen Russian assets.
He says he would like more resources to get on top of the issue and greater powers to shut down these premises more quickly.
Cook until the peas are tender, and serve alongside or on top of a piece of fish or other mild protein.
And the intensification of the US trade war with China on top of this is expected to do further damage.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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