"top oneself" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tops oneself [present, singular, third-person], topping oneself [participle, present], topped oneself [participle, past], topped oneself [past]
Etymology: From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|top||to excel; to surpass; to beat|id=surpass}} top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} top oneself (third-person singular simple present tops oneself, present participle topping oneself, simple past and past participle topped oneself)
  1. (US, idiomatic) To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best. Tags: US, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-top_oneself-en-verb-zaU7GcUP Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-top oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: tops oneself [present, singular, third-person], topping oneself [participle, present], topped oneself [participle, past], topped oneself [past]
Etymology: From top (“to kill”) (UK). Etymology templates: {{m|en|top||to kill|id=murder}} top (“to kill”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} top oneself (third-person singular simple present tops oneself, present participle topping oneself, simple past and past participle topped oneself)
  1. (British, slang) To commit suicide. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Suicide Synonyms: suicide, take one's own life
    Sense id: en-top_oneself-en-verb-nOopBRgs Disambiguation of Suicide: 9 91 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English predicates: 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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