over-the-top
Example Sentences
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The song that'll take them over the top is a trashy pop earworm called Internet Girl.
From BBC
After weaving outside opposite number Ivan van Zyl, Williams seemed destined for touch as wing Max Malins covered across, but the 30-year-old leapt into the air, feinting to offload low, before instead rolling a delicious one-hand basketball pass over the top to Clark.
From BBC
In the recent private meetings, some analysts urged Navratil to turn over the top managers he’d leapfrogged to take the top job.
His side are asked to carry out passing routines too with patterns of play often ending in United's midfielders playing through-balls over the top for attackers running in behind.
From BBC
Characters tend to break into song and dance, and plots are often over the top.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
