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over-the-top

adjective as in ridiculously excessive

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Rather than the noise filtering down from the terrace on to the tee, it seemed to drift over the top of the players and down the fairway.

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One song, “Grandmother,” features Laraaji singing wildly and searchingly over the top of Lenker’s vocals.

When I heard the question, I confess I thought that the leader of Reform UK had gone over the top.

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For Arsenal's late leveller, City's high backline were caught out by Eberechi Eze's ball over the top and Martinelli clipped a delightful finish over the towering Gianluigi Donnarumma.

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"When the ball got played over the top they were slightly too high, there wasn't the pressure on the ball, and all it takes is that one little slip."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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