top out

top out
    v 1: give up one's career just as one becomes very successful;
         "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he
         was burned out"
    2: provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure); "the
       towers were topped with conical roofs" [syn: {top}, {top
       out}]
    3: to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity,
       activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in
       1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" [syn:
       {top out}, {peak}] [ant: {bottom out}]
    

Top out \Top out\ (Building)
   To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost)
   course (called a

   {top`ping-out" course}).
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]