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top dollar

idiom

The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.


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  1. 01

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  2. 02

    almighty dollar

    The dollar, satirically characterized as a god.

  3. 03

    bet one's bottom dollar

    To be absolutely sure of something; to be certain enough of something to wager everything.

  4. 04

    bottom dollar

    The last of one's money; all of one's money.

  5. 05

    cherry on top

    Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad”).

  6. 06

    on top

    In a dominant position.

  7. 07

    over the top

    Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.

  8. 08

    put the bottom rail on top

    To reverse a hierarchy.

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