top out

Verb

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
  • That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
    
  • Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million
    

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
  • the towers were topped with conical roofs
    

• give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
  • The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  peak , top