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