over-the-top
Example Sentences
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I stop listening, fold over the top of the chewable medication packet, and tuck it back into my purse.
From Literature
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She opens her folder, looks at me over the top of her glasses.
From Literature
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“I thought Nate’s Gertrude boat and Jonah’s motorcycle were a little over the top, but theirs are nothing compared to some of these.”
From Literature
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You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.
From BBC
Scott said: "So the small glass bottle has survived two winters at sea, traveling from the east coast of Canada, across the north Atlantic, over the top of Scotland and down into the North Sea for us to find at St Cyrus."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.