tops out
Hits the ceiling
Tops out means to reach a maximum level or limit and stop increasing.
A salary tops out at a certain amount when that's as high as it goes: The pay scale tops out at $85,000.
In construction, to top out is to complete the highest structural element of a building, often marked by ceremony.
Something that tops out has hit its ceiling: Interest rates topped out in the summer.
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- price ceilingMandated maximum charge
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
saturation point · high point · pinnacle · capstone · summit · zenith · at full tilt · threshold · red line · crest · plateaus · breaking point · upper limit · hits the roof · terminal velocity · spire · culmination · peaks
tops outbottoms out
Reaches the lowest level
hits bottom · troughs · plummets · dips · descends
tops outaccelerates
Increases in velocity
takes off · ramps up · surges · skyrockets · escalates
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