come out on top

Meaning

1. to win a contest or an argument

   In most boardroom disputes he tends to come out on top.

In the movies · 2

• All right. Yeah. You got it, sir. You came out on top.The Purge2013
• With his genes, you could put him anywhere and he'd come out on top.Trading Places1983
• He's always come out on top.Kung Fu Panda 42024
• and they just happened to come out on top.The Boondock Saints1999

From the same entry

• at the top of the tree
• at the top of your voice
• from top to bottom
• from top to toe
• get on top of
• get on top of
• off the top of your head
• on top
• on top of
• on top of the world
• over the top
• take from the top

More idioms

• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger
• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye
• in the event of
• in the public eye
• not for a minute
• play hard to get
• step out of line
• the ins and outs
• there is more to than meets the eye