top oneself
English
Etymology 1
From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”).
Verb
top oneself (third-person singular simple present tops oneself, present participle topping oneself, simple past and past participle topped oneself)
Etymology 2
From top (“to kill”) (UK).
Pronunciation
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Verb
top oneself (third-person singular simple present tops oneself, present participle topping oneself, simple past and past participle topped oneself)
- (British, slang) To commit suicide.
- Synonyms: suicide, take one's own life
- 2004 January 16, “Blunkett admits Shipman error”, in BBC News:
- But Mr Blunkett, in a remarkably frank admission, said his first thought on hearing about the 57-year-old's death was to celebrate. "You wake up and you receive a phone call - Shipman's topped himself. You have just got to think for a minute: is it too early to open a bottle? And then you discover that everybody's very upset that he's done it."
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