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| over the top |
| 1. adj. Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous. |
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| He has always had an independent style, but don't you think purple spiky hair is a bit over the top? |
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| 2. adj. (communications) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device. |
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| 3. adv. (from World War One) Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack. |
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| The men were sent over the top to their certain death. |
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| Analysis |
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| over |
| 1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. |
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| The show is over. |
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| 2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. |
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| Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. |
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| Let me think that over. |
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| the |
| 1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already |
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| I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) |
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| The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) |
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| The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. |
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| 2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. |
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| top |
| 1. n. The highest or uppermost part of something. |
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| His kite got caught at the top of the tree. |
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| 2. n. (irrespective of present orientation) the part of something that is usually the top. |
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| We flipped the machine onto its top. |
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| 3. n. The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. |
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