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top end of town

idiom
Meaning

The affluent part of a community.


Examples
SIMPLE

They live at the top end of town.

CONTEXTUAL

The new restaurant is located at the top end of town, where the houses are very large and expensive.

COMPLEX

After years of hard work, he finally bought a property at the top end of town, surrounded by the city's most influential residents.

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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all ends up

    Completely; totally.

  2. 02

    arse end of nowhere

    A very remote place.

  3. 03

    big end of town

    The top end of town.

  4. 04

    bitter end

    The end of a long and difficult process.

  5. 05

    blow town

    To suddenly leave one's residence.

  6. 06

    burn the candle at both ends

    To work hard night and day; to sleep late and wake up early; to overwork or overexert oneself.

  7. 07

    business end

    The part of an object (chiefly a tool or weapon) that is physically used for its operation, rather than some other part such as the part by which it is held.

  8. 08

    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”).

Last updated April 17, 2026