over the top

over the top
over the top
1. Fig. having gained more than one's goal. •

Our fund-raising campaign went over the top by $3,000.

We didn't go over the top. We didn't even get half of what we set out to collect.

2. Fig. outrageously overdone. •

The comedy sketch was so over-the-top that most of the audience was embarrassed.

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{adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches and go over the top at dawn./ * /Johnny found that he was braver than he thought he would be when his company went over the top./ 2. Over the goal. * /Our goal was to collect a half million dollars for the new school building, but we went over the top./ * /Mary was asked to sell twenty tickets, and she went over the top./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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