1. To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
   "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million";
   - peak
    
2. Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
   "the towers were topped out with conical roofs";
   - top
    
3. Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
   "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"

Derived forms: topped out, topping out, tops out

Type of: arrive at, attain, furnish, gain, hit, leave office, make, offer, provide, quit, reach, render, resign, step down, supply

Encyclopedia: Top out