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give up one's career just as one becomes very successful

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Classifications

Cognitive

Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

synonym
peaktop
pasttense
topped out
presentparticiple
topping out
thirdpersonsingular
tops out
pastparticiple
topped out

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
to reach the highest point
§2
provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
§3
give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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