top out

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.

Examples of top out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Between the Friday and Saturday showers, forecasters say rainfall totals can top out between a quarter-inch to an inch. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

Skyreach tops out at 360 lb (163 kg) on takeoff and can carry about 100 lb (45 kg) of fuel and cargo combined, so every pound of payload is a pound of fuel left behind. — New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026

The FireCuda Forge offers read speeds up to 2,500MB/s and write speeds that top out at 2,000MB/s on computers running at least Windows 11 or macOS 26. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2026

Temperatures will top out in the mid-80s across the metroplex. — Scott Withers, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for top out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout