on top

adv — 2 senses

on top

adv

1

On the highest point or surface.

Stand on top and look down.
A cake with cream on top.

1 more example

I can't take my undershirt off because I am wearing many more garments on top.

2

Idiomatic In a dominant position.

At the end of the season, Manchester United came out on top.
For the second match in a row, Arsenal went into the break completely on top and untroubled.2011 February 12, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 2 - 0 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:

Derived terms: cherry on top, on top of, pretty please with a cherry on top, put the bottom rail on top

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