on top
idiom
1
: on the highest part or surface of something
vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and a cherry on top
2
chiefly British
: winning a game or competition
The team was on top after the first half.
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One year after a deadly crash destroyed a bridge along I-95 in Philadelphia, federal investigators have made public a report that says gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on top of the gasoline delivery tanker that overturned.
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 13 June 2024
According to a Facebook post from Powell County Search & Rescue, the call was received at 9:28 a.m. after students from Asbury College camped on top of Courthouse Rock in Red River Gorge overnight, underestimating weather conditions.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
These latest disruptions are on top of summer delays that kicked in last month to accommodate a maintenance catch-up blitz downtown and, separately, along the I-25 corridor tracks linking downtown with the Denver Tech Center and south suburbs.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 12 June 2024
The new sauce will be beautiful on top of the jasmine rice.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 13 June 2024
According to a Facebook post from Powell County Search & Rescue, the call was received at 9:28 a.m. after students from Asbury College camped on top of Courthouse Rock in Red River Gorge overnight, underestimating weather conditions.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
These latest disruptions are on top of summer delays that kicked in last month to accommodate a maintenance catch-up blitz downtown and, separately, along the I-25 corridor tracks linking downtown with the Denver Tech Center and south suburbs.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 12 June 2024
The new sauce will be beautiful on top of the jasmine rice.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
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“On top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20top. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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