What is the meaning of top out?

verb

  • Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful.
    • usage: "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"
  • Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure. )
    • usage: "the towers were topped with conical roofs"
  • To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity.
    • usage: "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
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