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The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915.
adjective more over the top · most over the top · over-the-top
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Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.
I had come to regard the New Capitalism as an experiment till, in 1929, the whole thing went over the top and slid down to an utter collapse.
Similar: excessive, exaggerated, OTT, too much
- Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device. The question was you don't have to hard cut the network over from proprietary to open. You can actually do it in stages and this device can lay over the top of existing proprietary networks.
- Downward onto plants in the field, as contrasted with other routes of administration. over-the-top dicamba for dicamba-tolerant crops
adverb more over the top · most over the top · over-the-top
- Egregiously; beyond compare. On InfoWars, Alex Jones told his audience, "This is over the top sickening. Next they'll say Jeffrey Epstein never even existed. This is the swamp winning. No one is buying this."
adverb more over the top · most over the top · over-the-top
- 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 figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, top.
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adv beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; excessive; exaggerated
adv delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device
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Talk about this word "over the top." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/over%20the%20top. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. over the top. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/over%20the%20top "over the top." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/over%20the%20top.Cite this
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title = {over the top},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/over%20the%20top},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
