top oneself

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best. US,idiomatic
  2. To commit suicide. UK,slang
    — 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."

词形变化

tops oneself present,singular,third-person topping oneself participle,present topped oneself participle,past topped oneself past tops oneself present,singular,third-person topping oneself participle,present topped oneself participle,past topped oneself past

词源

词源 1
From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”).
词源 2
From top (“to kill”) (UK).
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