over the top
Adjective
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Adjective
over the top
- (idiomatic) Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.
- He has always had an independent style, but don't you think purple spiky hair is a bit over the top?
- Synonyms: excessive
- 2007, Bruce Jenkins, "The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog ↗," San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug,
- Myers went over the top in the clubhouse, berating a reporter who questioned Myers' terminology.
- (communications) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device.
- (bold, excessive, outrageous) exaggerated, OTT, too much
- German: übertrieben, zu viel des Guten
- Portuguese: acima do limite (normal), excessivo, exagerado
- Spanish: subido de tono, desmesurado, exagerado
over the top
- (from World War One) Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack.
- The men were sent over the top to their certain death.
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see over, the, top
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