"top oneself" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From top (“to excel; to surpass; to beat”).",
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        "To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best."
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        "(US, idiomatic) To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best."
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  "etymology_text": "From top (“to kill”) (UK).",
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          "text": "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.\"",
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        "To commit suicide."
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        "(British, slang) To commit suicide."
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        "To outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best."
      ],
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